--- title: At length the Hazel-nut child came to his native village; then he un… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length the Hazel-nut child came to his native village; then he undid the ribbon from the stork’s neck and the diamond fell to the ground; he covered it first with sand and stones, and then ran to get his parents, so that they might carry the treasure home, for he himself was not able to lift the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/44/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Hazel-nut Child (29)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/) / 44 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Hazel-nut Child (29), sentence 44 At length the Hazel-nut child came to his native village; then he undid the ribbon from the stork’s neck and the diamond fell to the ground; he covered it first with sand and stones, and then ran to get his parents, so that they might carry the treasure home, for he himself was not able to lift the great diamond. **Who acts:** Hazel nut child, man, diamond, children · **What happens:** come, undo, fall, cover, run, get · **To what, where:** length, ribbon, neck, diamond, parents, treasure This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Hazel-nut Child (29). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hazel nut child, man, diamond, children), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg640:40:44 # text = At length the Hazel-nut child came to his native village; then he undid the ribbon from the stork’s neck and the diamond fell to the ground; he covered it first with sand and stones, and then ran to get his parents, so that they might carry the treasure home, for he himself was not able to lift the great diamond. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 Hazel Hazel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 undid undo VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stork stork NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 covered cover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 33 advmod _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 home home ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 for for SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 60 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 59 nmod:unmarked _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 cop _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 advcl _ _ 64 to to PART TO _ 65 mark _ _ 65 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Hazel nut child | | | length | | to man's native village | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to village=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **undo** | past | man | the ribbon | | the stork's neck | then | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ribbon=Patient | | 3 | **fall** | past | the diamond | | | | | to the ground | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 4 | **cover** | past | man | diamond | | | | with sand and stones; first *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with sand=Theme | | 5 | **run** | past | the Hazel nut child *not said here* | | | | then | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **get** | to-infinitive | the Hazel nut child *not said here* | man's parents | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus | | 7 | **carry** | might | children *= child* | the treasure | | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 8 | **not** **is** | past | man | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **lift** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | the great diamond | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/45/) - ↑ back to [The Hazel-nut Child (29)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/40/)