--- title: So saying, he drew out his favourite whistle, and blew one ear-pierc… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So saying, he drew out his favourite whistle, and blew one ear-piercing note--whereupon the great lion, who had been dozing in the sunny courtyard, come bounding in on his soft, heavy feet. Who acts: enchanter, great lion. 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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 (enchanter, great lion), 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:pg7277:11:146 # text = So saying, he drew out his favourite whistle, and blew one ear-piercing note--whereupon the great lion, who had been dozing in the sunny courtyard, come bounding in on his soft, heavy feet. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 whistle whistle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 14 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 piercing piercing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 whereupon whereupon ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 aux _ _ 27 dozing doze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 sunny sunny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 34 bounding bound VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 xcomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 34 obl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 38 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | enchanter *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **draw out** | past | enchanter | enchanter's favourite whistle | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whistle=Theme | | 3 | **blow** | past | enchanter *not said here* | one piercing note | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent note=Patient | | 4 | **doze** | past · perfect · progressive | the great lion | | | the sunny courtyard | | | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | the great lion | | | | | whereupon *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bound** | gerund | the great lion *not said here* | | | enchanter's soft heavy feet | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Trajectory | | 7 | **whistle** | | enchanter | | | | | | nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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/pg7277/11/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/147/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)