--- title: Ah! he caught the Crow, and plucked all the feathers out of his head… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Ah! he caught the Crow, and plucked all the feathers out of his head, all but one tuft; he powdered ginger and cummin, mixed it up with butter-milk, and rubbed it well all over the bird's body. Who acts: chum. 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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 (chum), 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:pg7128:29:91 # text = Ah! he caught the Crow, and plucked all the feathers out of his head, all but one tuft; he powdered ginger and cummin, mixed it up with butter-milk, and rubbed it well all over the bird's body. 1 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Crow crow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 plucked pluck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 nmod _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 tuft tuft NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 powdered powder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 25 ginger ginger NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 cummin cummin NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 mixed mix VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 butter butter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 's 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | chum | the Crow | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme | | 2 | **pluck** | past | chum *not said here* | all feathers | | chum's head all | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent feather=Theme out head=Source | | 3 | **powder** | past | chum | ginger and cummin | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ginger=Patient | | 4 | **mix up** | past | chum *not said here* | cummin | | | | with butter milk | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with milk=Co-Patient | | 5 | **rub** | past | chum *not said here* | cummin | | the bird's body | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over body=Destination | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/92/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/29/)