--- title: The cockchafer who had stolen her knew this very well; but when he h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The cockchafer who had stolen her knew this very well; but when he heard all the ladies saying she was ugly, he began to think so too, and would not keep her; she might go wherever she liked. 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:pg640:47:120 # text = The cockchafer who had stolen her knew this very well; but when he heard all the ladies saying she was ugly, he began to think so too, and would not keep her; she might go wherever she liked. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cockchafer cockchafer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obj _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 13 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 too too ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 40 wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past · perfect | the cockchafer | THUMBELINA | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location her=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | the cockchafer | this | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 3 | **hear** | past | cockchafer | all ladies | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lady=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | cockchafer *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | THUMBELINA | | | | | ugly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **begin** | past | cockchafer | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | cockchafer *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **keep** | would | cockchafer *not said here* | THUMBELINA | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **go** | might | THUMBELINA | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **like** | past | THUMBELINA | | | | | wherever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/121/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)