--- title: Don’t behave like the cow that kicks the pail over after it has fill… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Don’t behave like the cow that kicks the pail over after it has filled it with milk, but continue your journey with me, and when we get to the capital you can sell me to the King as a servant girl.’ Who acts: you, cow, we, your. 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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, cow, we, your), 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:pg7277:25:60 # text = Don’t behave like the cow that kicks the pail over after it has filled it with milk, but continue your journey with me, and when we get to the capital you can sell me to the King as a servant girl.’ 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 behave behave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 kicks kick VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 over over ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 after after SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 continue continue VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 get get VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **behave** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | like the cow | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like cow=Attribute | | 2 | **kick over** | present | the cow | the pail | | | | over *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent pail=Patient | | 3 | **fill** | present · perfect · passive | | pail | | | | with milk | tree rules | | 4 | **continue** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your journey | | | | with me | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | present | we | | | | | to the capital *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to capital=Result | | 6 | **sell** | can | you | | me | | | to the King; as a servant girl | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to king=Recipient | | 7 | **journey** | | your | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/61/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)