--- title: Having reached the forest he made the cock fly up to the top of a ve… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Having reached the forest he made the cock fly up to the top of a very tall tree with him, and there he sat looking after his pigs and donkeys, and he sat on and on for several years till he had quite a big herd; but all this time his father knew nothing about him. Who acts: cock, time. 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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 (cock, time), 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:pg7277:48:20 # text = Having reached the forest he made the cock fly up to the top of a very tall tree with him, and there he sat looking after his pigs and donkeys, and he sat on and on for several years till he had quite a big herd; but all this time his father knew nothing about him. 1 Having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 reparandum _ _ 2 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 cock cock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 fly fly VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 27 after after ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 pigs pig NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 donkeys donkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 36 on on ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 on on ADV RB _ 36 conj _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 42 till till SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 45 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 48 det:predet _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 51 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 53 det _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 57 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 56 obj _ _ 58 about about ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reach** | past | cock *not said here* | the forest | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent forest=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | cock | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **fly up** | present | the cock | | | | | to the top of a tall tree with Jack *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to top=Result | | 5 | **sit** | past | cock | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | gerund | cock *not said here* | | | | after cock's pigs and donkeys | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **sit** | past | cock | | | | year | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | past | cock | quite big herd | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herd=Patient | | 9 | **know** | past | all time cock's father | nothing | | | | about cock | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/21/) - ↑ back to [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/)