--- title: So his Granny said he was a good boy, and put him into the corn-bin,… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So his Granny said he was a good boy, and put him into the corn-bin, and there the greedy little Lambikin stayed for seven days, and ate, and ate, and ate, until he could scarcely waddle, and his Granny said he was fat enough for anything, and must go home. 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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 (Granny, Lambikin, greedy little Lambikin), 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:pg7128:8:146 # text = So his Granny said he was a good boy, and put him into the corn-bin, and there the greedy little Lambikin stayed for seven days, and ate, and ate, and ate, until he could scarcely waddle, and his Granny said he was fat enough for anything, and must go home. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Granny Granny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 21 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Lambikin Lambikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 until until SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 waddle waddle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 Granny Granny PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 52 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 ccomp _ _ 53 enough enough ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 60 home home ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lambikin's Granny | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | Lambikin | a good boy | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | Lambikin's Granny *not said here* | | Lambikin | the corn bin | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 4 | **stay** | past | the greedy little Lambikin | | | there | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | past | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **eat** | past | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **eat** | past | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **waddle** | could | Lambikin | | | | | scarcely *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Lambikin's Granny | | | | | for anything | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | Lambikin | | | | | enough, fat *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **go** | must | Lambikin's Granny *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/147/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/8/)