--- title: So in order to get at the truth, Little One-eye was told to go out w… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So in order to get at the truth, Little One-eye was told to go out with Little Two-eyes when she drove the goat to pasture, and to notice particularly what she got there, and whether anyone brought her food and drink. Who acts: truth, Little, eye, anyone. 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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 (truth, Little, eye, anyone), 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:pg7277:40:31 # text = So in order to get at the truth, Little One-eye was told to go out with Little Two-eyes when she drove the goat to pasture, and to notice particularly what she got there, and whether anyone brought her food and drink. 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 5 mark _ _ 3 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 fixed _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 out out ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 21 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 pasture pasture VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 notice notice VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 particularly particularly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 44 nsubj _ _ 44 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | | | | the truth | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | the truth *not said here* | Little | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **go out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Little *not said here* | | | | | with Little Two eyes; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with eye=Co-Agent | | 4 | **drive** | past | eye | the goat | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme | | 5 | **pasture** | to-infinitive | eye *not said here* | the goat *not said here* | | | | | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **notice** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 7 | **get** | past | eye | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **bring** | past | anyone | eye's food and drink | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent food=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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/32/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)