--- title: Then I put the bag on my shoulders, took the saddle from the cock, a… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then I put the bag on my shoulders, took the saddle from the cock, and placed it on the back of the bee, which I mounted, leading the cock by a string, so that he should have a rest. Who acts: I, bee, man. 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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 (I, bee, man), 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:pg641:3:32 # text = Then I put the bag on my shoulders, took the saddle from the cock, and placed it on the back of the bee, which I mounted, leading the cock by a string, so that he should have a rest. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 42 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | I | the bag | | my shoulders | then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme on shoulder=Destination | | 2 | **take** | past | I *not said here* | the saddle | | | | from the cock | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme from cock=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **place** | past | I *not said here* | saddle | | the back of the bee | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on back=Destination | | 4 | **mount** | past | the bee | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **lead** | gerund | the bee *not said here* | the cock | | | | by a string | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cock=Theme by string=Destination | | 6 | **have** | should | man | a rest | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=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 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/33/) - ↑ back to [The Finest Liar in the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/)