--- title: But the cockchafer did not trouble himself about that; he sat down w… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the cockchafer did not trouble himself about that; he sat down with her on a large green leaf, gave her the honey out of the flowers to eat, and told her that she was very pretty, although she wasn’t in the least like a cockchafer. Who acts: cockchafer, THUMBELINA. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cockchafer, THUMBELINA), 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:pg640:47:115 # text = But the cockchafer did not trouble himself about that; he sat down with her on a large green leaf, gave her the honey out of the flowers to eat, and told her that she was very pretty, although she wasn’t in the least like a cockchafer. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cockchafer cockchafer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 6 nmod:unmarked _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 down down ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 out out ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 although although SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 45 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 obl _ _ 49 like like ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 cockchafer cockchafer NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the cockchafer | trouble cockchafer | | | | about that | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Eventuality | | 2 | **sit down** | past | cockchafer | | | a large green leaf | | with THUMBELINA | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leaf=Location | | 3 | **give** | past | cockchafer *not said here* | the honey | THUMBELINA | the flowers | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient honey=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | cockchafer *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | cockchafer *not said here* | | THUMBELINA | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | THUMBELINA | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **is** | past | THUMBELINA | | | | | like a cockchafer; least *property* | tree rules | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/116/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)