--- title: He went up to her, felt and weighed her geese, and, finding them ver… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He went up to her, felt and weighed her geese, and, finding them very good, bought three and the cage to put them in, hoisted them on his broad shoulders, and set off on his way back. Who acts: He, finding. 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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 (He, finding), 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:pg641:28:2 # text = He went up to her, felt and weighed her geese, and, finding them very good, bought three and the cage to put them in, hoisted them on his broad shoulders, and set off on his way back. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 weighed weigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 csubj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 20 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 hoisted hoist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 back back ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go up** | past | He | | woman | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **feel** | past | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **weigh** | past | | woman's geese | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme goose=Value | | 4 | **find** | gerund | | geese *= goose* | | | | good *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 5 | **buy** | past | finding | three and the cage | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Theme | | 6 | **put** | to-infinitive | finding *not said here* | geese *= goose* | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | | 7 | **hoist** | past | finding *not said here* | geese *= goose* | | his broad shoulders | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on shoulder=Destination | | 8 | **set off** | past | He *not said here* | | | his way | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/3/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/)