--- title: Take your parrot, then," cried the boy, and with that he wrung the b… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Take your parrot, then," cried the boy, and with that he wrung the bird's neck, and threw it at the Magician; and, as he did so, Punchkin's head twisted round, and, with a fearful groan, he died! Who acts: you, Prince, head. 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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 (you, Prince, head), 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:pg7128:10:79 # text = Take your parrot, then," cried the boy, and with that he wrung the bird's neck, and threw it at the Magician; and, as he did so, Punchkin's head twisted round, and, with a fearful groan, he died! 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 with with SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wrung wring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 36 Punchkin Punchkin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 twisted twist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 40 round round ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 fearful fearful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 groan groan NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | your parrot | | | then | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | | the boy | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Topic | | 3 | **wring** *in a quote* | past | Prince | the bird's neck | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient | | 4 | **throw** *in a quote* | past | | parrot | | the Magician | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at magician=Destination | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **twist** *in a quote* | past | Punchkin's head | | | | | with a fearful groan; round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **die** *in a quote* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/80/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/10/)