--- title: Once the nail on which his cage was hung had given way, and his feat… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Once the nail on which his cage was hung had given way, and his feathered Majesty had suffered much from the fall, while Madam Puss, who happened to be in the room at the time, had given him a scratch in the eye which came very near blinding him. Who acts: feathered Majesty, Madam, eye. 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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 (feathered Majesty, Madam, eye), 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:pg7277:4:60 # text = Once the nail on which his cage was hung had given way, and his feathered Majesty had suffered much from the fall, while Madam Puss, who happened to be in the room at the time, had given him a scratch in the eye which came very near blinding him. 1 Once once SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 nail nail NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 feathered feathered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 20 much much ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fall fall NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 25 while while SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 26 Madam Madam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 Puss Puss PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 scratch scratch NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 near near ADP IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 blinding blind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | past · passive | | King's cage | | the nail | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on which=Destination | | 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the nail | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient way=Theme | | 3 | **suffer** | past · perfect | King's feathered Majesty | | | the fall | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **happen** | past | Madam | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | Madam *not said here* | | | the room | time | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | Madam | King | the eye | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | past | the eye | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **blind** | gerund | the eye *not said here* | King | | | | | tree rules | 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/pg7277/4/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/61/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)