--- title: ‘Son of Adam,’ the bird said when the tops of the mountains looked s… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Son of Adam,’ the bird said when the tops of the mountains looked small below them, ‘if you fall, you will be dead long before you reach the ground, so go your way, and let me go mine.’ Who acts: bird, tops, you, me. 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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 (bird, tops, you, me), 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:pg641:29:99 # text = ‘Son of Adam,’ the bird said when the tops of the mountains looked small below them, ‘if you fall, you will be dead long before you reach the ground, so go your way, and let me go mine.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Son Son PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Adam Adam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 tops top NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 17 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 below below ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 30 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 31 before before SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 reach reach VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the bird | Son of Adam | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **look** | past | the tops of the mountains | | | | | below mountains *= mountain*; small *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent below they=Theme | | 3 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | future | you | | | | | dead, long *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **reach** | present | you | the ground | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | | your way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | mine | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location my=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/100/) - ↑ back to [The Nunda, Eater of People](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/)