--- title: She returned, dragging a hazel nut behind her, which she laid at the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She returned, dragging a hazel nut behind her, which she laid at the Prince’s feet and said, ‘Take this nut home with you and tell your father to crack it very carefully, and you’ll see then what will happen.’ Who acts: toad, hazel nut, you. 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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 (toad, hazel nut, you), 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:pg7277:30:3 # text = She returned, dragging a hazel nut behind her, which she laid at the Prince’s feet and said, ‘Take this nut home with you and tell your father to crack it very carefully, and you’ll see then what will happen.’ 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 dragging drag VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hazel hazel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 nut nut NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 home home ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 iobj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 crack crack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 very very ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | toad | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **drag** | gerund | toad *not said here* | a hazel nut | | | | behind toad | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme | | 3 | **lay** | past | a hazel nut | | | the Prince's feet | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at foot=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a hazel nut *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | this nut | | | | with you; home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | your father | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **crack** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | nut | | | | carefully *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 8 | **see** | future | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **happen** | future | | | | | then | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/30/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/30/4/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/30/)