--- title: But Medio Pollito had a roving spirit in spite of his one leg, and w… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Medio Pollito had a roving spirit in spite of his one leg, and when his mother called to him to return to the coop, he pretended that he could not hear, because he had only one ear. Who acts: Medio, mother. 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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 (Medio, mother), 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:pg7277:6:14 # text = But Medio Pollito had a roving spirit in spite of his one leg, and when his mother called to him to return to the coop, he pretended that he could not hear, because he had only one ear. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Medio Medio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Pollito Pollito PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 roving rove VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 leg leg NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 coop coop NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 because because SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Medio | a roving spirit | | spite of Medio's one leg | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient | | 2 | **rove** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **call** | participle | Medio's mother | | Medio | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **return** | to-infinitive | Medio's mother *not said here* | | | | | to the coop *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to coop=Result | | 5 | **pretend** | past | Medio | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **hear** | could | Medio | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **have** | past | Medio | one ear | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | | 8 | **spite** | | | Medio's one leg | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/15/) - ↑ back to [The Half-chick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/)