--- title: ‘Here is the very thing I want,’ he exclaimed, ‘for the King has jus… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Here is the very thing I want,’ he exclaimed, ‘for the King has just sent a message to say that he must have chicken broth for his dinner,’ and opening the window he stretched out his arm, caught Medio Pollito, and popped him into the broth-pot that was standing near the fire. 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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 (thing, I, King, broth pot), 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:pg7277:6:55 # text = ‘Here is the very thing I want,’ he exclaimed, ‘for the King has just sent a message to say that he must have chicken broth for his dinner,’ and opening the window he stretched out his arm, caught Medio Pollito, and popped him into the broth-pot that was standing near the fire. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ‘ CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 18 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 chicken chicken NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 broth broth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 out out ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 47 Medio Medio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 Pollito Pollito PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 popped pop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 55 broth broth NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 acl:relcl _ _ 61 near near ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the thing | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | present | I | the thing *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 3 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | the thing *not said here* | a message | | | | for the King | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | must | King | chicken broth | | | | for King's dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent broth=Patient | | 7 | **open** | gerund | the thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **stretch out** | past | King | King's arm | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent arm=Patient | | 9 | **catch** | past | King *not said here* | Medio | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medio=Theme | | 10 | **pop** | past | King *not said here* | King | | | | into the broth pot *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient into pot=Result | | 11 | **stand** | past · progressive | the broth pot | | | the fire | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near fire=Location | 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/56/) - ↑ back to [The Half-chick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/)