--- title: The moment that Golden Bird had touched the bars of the splendid cag… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The moment that Golden Bird had touched the bars of the splendid cage he awoke, and began to whistle, so that all the servants of the castle ran to see what was the matter, saying that he was a thief and must be put in prison. Who acts: Golden Bird, youth, moment, servants. 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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 (Golden Bird, youth, moment, servants), 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:pg7277:21:40 # text = The moment that Golden Bird had touched the bars of the splendid cage he awoke, and began to whistle, so that all the servants of the castle ran to see what was the matter, saying that he was a thief and must be put in prison. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 touched touch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 whistle whistle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 22 so so SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **touch** | past · perfect | Golden Bird | the bars of the splendid cage | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bar=Co-Theme | | 2 | **awake** | past | youth | the splendid cage *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cage=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | the moment | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **whistle** | to-infinitive | the moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **run** | past | all servants of the castle | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | all servants of the castle *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | all servants of the castle *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | past | youth | a thief | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **put** | must · passive | youth *not said here* | | | prison | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in prison=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:** «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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/41/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Blackbird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/21/)