--- title: The next day the same thing happened, but on the third morning one b… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the same thing happened, but on the third morning one bird said to the other, ‘To-day we must go to the spring to see the Witch-maiden wash her face.’ Who acts: next day, one bird, we. 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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 (next day, one bird, we), 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:pg640:5:44 # text = The next day the same thing happened, but on the third morning one bird said to the other, ‘To-day we must go to the spring to see the Witch-maiden wash her face.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 To to ADP IN _ 24 case _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 25 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 37 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | the next day | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one bird | | | | morning | to the other | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to other=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | must | we | | | | day; spring | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **wash** | infinitive | we *not said here* | help's face | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/45/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)