--- title: Then she brought him water in a petal, which he drank, after which h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she brought him water in a petal, which he drank, after which he related to her how he had torn one of his wings on a bramble, so that he could not fly as fast as the other swallows, who had flown far away to warmer lands. Who acts: snow, petal, son, other swallows. 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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 (snow, petal, son, other swallows), 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:pg640:47:182 # text = Then she brought him water in a petal, which he drank, after which he related to her how he had torn one of his wings on a bramble, so that he could not fly as fast as the other swallows, who had flown far away to warmer lands. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 petal petal NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 related relate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bramble bramble NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 37 mark _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 swallows swallow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 flown fly VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 48 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 49 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 52 amod _ _ 52 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | snow | water | son | a petal | then | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination water=Theme | | 2 | **drink** | past | a petal | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **relate** | past | son | | snow | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to she=Co-Theme | | 4 | **tear** | past · perfect | son | one of son's wings on a bramble | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location one=Theme | | 5 | **not** **fly** | could | son | | | | | fast *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fly** | past · perfect | the other swallows | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/181/) - next →: [sentence 183](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/183/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)