--- title: Hidden in the cradle, you will find a goose’s wing: throw this out o… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Hidden in the cradle, you will find a goose’s wing: throw this out of the window, and I will be with you directly; but be sure you tell no one of all the things that have befallen you.’ Who acts: you, I, things. 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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 (you, I, things), 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:pg641:12:28 # text = Hidden in the cradle, you will find a goose’s wing: throw this out of the window, and I will be with you directly; but be sure you tell no one of all the things that have befallen you.’ 1 Hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obj _ _ 16 out out ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 parataxis _ _ 27 directly directly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | participle | you *not said here* | | | the cradle | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cradle=Location | | 2 | **find** | future | you | a goose's wing | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Topic | | 3 | **throw** | infinitive | you *not said here* | this | | the window | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent this=Theme out window=Destination | | 4 | **is** | future | I | | | | | with you; directly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | you | no one of all things | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 7 | **befall** | present · perfect | all things | you | | | | | tree rules | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/29/) - ↑ back to [The Child Who Came From an Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/)