--- title: Now when Little Two-eyes was setting out, Little One-eye came up to… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now when Little Two-eyes was setting out, Little One-eye came up to her and said, ‘I will go into the field with you and see if you take good care of the goat, and if you drive him properly to get grass.’ Who acts: Little Two eyes, Little One eye, I, 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 (Little Two eyes, Little One eye, I, 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:pg7277:40:32 # text = Now when Little Two-eyes was setting out, Little One-eye came up to her and said, ‘I will go into the field with you and see if you take good care of the goat, and if you drive him properly to get grass.’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 3 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 11 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 12 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 up up ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 36 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 drive drive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 properly properly ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 50 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past · progressive | Little Two eyes | | | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come up** | past | Little One eye | | little | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Little One eye *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | future | I | | | the field | | with you | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into field=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | good care of the goat | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 7 | **drive** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | bleat | | | | properly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | grass | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grass=Stimulus | | 9 | **care** | | the goat | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/33/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)