--- title: The spy did not lose a single word of the conversation, and as soon… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The spy did not lose a single word of the conversation, and as soon as the day dawned, and the Blue Bird had reluctantly said good-bye to the Princess, she rushed off to the Queen, and told her all she had seen and heard. Who acts: spy, day, Bird. 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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 (spy, day, Bird), 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:pg7277:4:10 # text = The spy did not lose a single word of the conversation, and as soon as the day dawned, and the Blue Bird had reluctantly said good-bye to the Princess, she rushed off to the Queen, and told her all she had seen and heard. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 spy spy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 dawned dawn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Blue Blue ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 reluctantly reluctantly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 bye bye NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 ccomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **lose** | past · do-support | the spy | a single word of the conversation | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Eventuality | | 2 | **dawn** | past | the day | | | | | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the Blue Bird | | | | reluctantly *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme bye=Manner | | 4 | **rush off** | past | Bird | | | | | to the Queen *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to queen=Result | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Bird *not said here* | | Bird | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** | past · perfect | Bird | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **hear** | participle | Bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **word** | | | the conversation | | | | | nom word «communication 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/11/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)