--- title: It happened one day that Little Two-eyes had to go out into the fiel… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It happened one day that Little Two-eyes had to go out into the fields to take care of the goat, but she was still quite hungry because her sisters had given her so little to eat. Who acts: It, Little Two eyes, 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 (It, Little Two eyes, 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:pg7277:40:5 # text = It happened one day that Little Two-eyes had to go out into the fields to take care of the goat, but she was still quite hungry because her sisters had given her so little to eat. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 out out ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 19 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 quite quite ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 30 because because SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | Little Two eyes | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go out** | to-infinitive | Little Two eyes *not said here* | | | the fields | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **take** | to-infinitive | Little Two eyes *not said here* | care | | | | of the goat | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of goat=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | past | eye | | | | still | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | eye's sisters | eye | | | little *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient she=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/6/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)