--- title: All the birds who had sung so sweetly about her had flown away; the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the birds who had sung so sweetly about her had flown away; the trees shed their leaves, the flowers died; the great clover-leaf under which she had lived curled up, and nothing remained of it but the withered stalk. Who acts: birds, trees, flowers, flower. 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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 (birds, trees, flowers, flower), 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:pg640:47:126 # text = All the birds who had sung so sweetly about her had flown away; the trees shed their leaves, the flowers died; the great clover-leaf under which she had lived curled up, and nothing remained of it but the withered stalk. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 flown fly VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 shed shed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 27 clover clover NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 30 under under ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obl _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 xcomp _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 40 nsubj _ _ 40 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 amod _ _ 46 stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · perfect | all birds | | | | | about THUMBELINA; sweetly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about she=Location | | 2 | **fly away** | past · perfect · passive | | all birds | | | | the great clover leaf *obl*; away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **shed** | past | the trees | birds's leaves | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location leaf=Source | | 4 | **die** | past | the flowers | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **live** | past · perfect | flower | | | the great clover leaf | | | tree rules | | 6 | **curl up** | participle | flower *not said here* | | | | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **remain** | past | nothing | | | | | of tree | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **wither** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 125](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/125/) - next →: [sentence 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/127/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)