--- title: “A little later the birds found the bones of the nestlings in the dw… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: “A little later the birds found the bones of the nestlings in the dwelling-place of the Vulture, and of course concluded that it was he whom they had helped who had so basely rewarded them. Who acts: birds, course. 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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 (birds, course), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:7:109 # text = “A little later the birds found the bones of the nestlings in the dwelling-place of the Vulture, and of course concluded that it was he whom they had helped who had so basely rewarded them. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 nestlings nestling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Vulture Vulture PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 25 advmod _ _ 24 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 fixed _ _ 25 concluded conclude VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 advcl _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 basely basely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 rewarded reward VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** *in a quote* | past | the birds | the bones of the nestlings in the dwelling place of the Vulture | | | | late *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Topic | | 2 | **conclude** *in a quote* | past | the birds *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | course | | | | | Vulture *nsubj* | tree rules | | 4 | **help** *in a quote* | past · perfect | birds *= bird* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | who *nsubj* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **reward** *in a quote* | past | | birds *= bird* | | | | basely *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/7/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/7/108/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/7/)