--- title: So they all went to the cherry tree, and when they were standing rou… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they all went to the cherry tree, and when they were standing round it the youth explained that if he tried to cut it down with an axe he might very likely split open the heart of the tree, which was needed for the flute. Who acts: notes, youth. 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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 (notes, youth), 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:pg641:44:54 # text = So they all went to the cherry tree, and when they were standing round it the youth explained that if he tried to cut it down with an axe he might very likely split open the heart of the tree, which was needed for the flute. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 advmod _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 15 round round ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 axe axe NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 likely likely ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 split split VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | notes *= note* | | | the cherry tree | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stand** | past · progressive | notes *= note* | | | | | round tree | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | the youth | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | youth | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **cut down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | tree | | | | with a axe | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient with axe=Instrument | | 6 | **split** | might | youth | a axe *not said here* | | | | likely *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent axe=Patient | | 7 | **open** | infinitive | youth *not said here* | the heart of the tree | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location heart=Theme | | 8 | **need** | past · passive | | the tree | | | | for the flute | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/55/) - ↑ back to [Mogarzea and His Son](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/)