--- title: The following day they went to the market and bought chickens and ot… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The following day they went to the market and bought chickens and other eatables, and after they had packed them on the back of the goat (which they had brought with them), they told it all the dishes they wished their wives to prepare. Who acts: goats. 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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 (goats), 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:pg7277:26:70 # text = The following day they went to the market and bought chickens and other eatables, and after they had packed them on the back of the goat (which they had brought with them), they told it all the dishes they wished their wives to prepare. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 eatables eatables NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 after after SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 packed pack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 prepare prepare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | goats *= goat* | | | the market | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **buy** | past | goats *= goat* *not said here* | chickens and other eatables | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chicken=Theme | | 4 | **pack** | past · perfect | goats *= goat* | chickens *= chicken* | | the back of the goat | | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on back=Destination | | 5 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the goat | | | | with goats *= goat* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | goats *= goat* | all dishes | back | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **wish** | past | goats *= goat* | goats's wives | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot wife=Theme | | 8 | **prepare** | to-infinitive | goats *= goat* *not said here* | | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/71/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)