--- title: When he had brought the precious robes, the Crab put on the golden g… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had brought the precious robes, the Crab put on the golden garment and then crept upon the golden cushion, and in this way the fisherman carried him to the castle, where the Crab presented the other garment to his bride. Who acts: man, Crab, fisherman. 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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 (man, Crab, fisherman), 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:pg640:7:33 # text = When he had brought the precious robes, the Crab put on the golden garment and then crept upon the golden cushion, and in this way the fisherman carried him to the castle, where the Crab presented the other garment to his bride. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 cushion cushion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fisherman fisherman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Crab Crab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · perfect | man | the precious robes | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past | the Crab | | | the golden garment | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on garment=Destination | | 3 | **creep** | past | the Crab *not said here* | | | the golden cushion | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon cushion=Trajectory | | 4 | **carry** | past | the fisherman | man | | this way | | to the castle | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to castle=Destination | | 5 | **present** | past | the Crab | the other garment | man's bride | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent garment=Theme to bride=Recipient | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/34/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Crab(5)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/)