--- title: As soon as the duck perceived him, it cried in a human voice, ‘Oh, d… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the duck perceived him, it cried in a human voice, ‘Oh, dear Prince Milan, for the love of Heaven give me back my garment, and I will be so grateful to you.’ Who acts: duck, help, dear Prince Milan, I. 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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 (duck, help, dear Prince Milan, I), 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:pg7277:27:61 # text = As soon as the duck perceived him, it cried in a human voice, ‘Oh, dear Prince Milan, for the love of Heaven give me back my garment, and I will be so grateful to you.’ 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 Milan Milan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Heaven Heaven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 back back ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | the duck | heart | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | help | | | a human voice | | soon *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in voice=Location | | 3 | **give back** | infinitive | dear Prince Milan | my garment | me | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient garment=Theme | | 4 | **is** | future | I | | you | | | grateful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **love** | | | Heaven | | | | | nom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/62/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/)