--- title: The younger, who had eaten the heart of the Yellow Bird, very soon f… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The younger, who had eaten the heart of the Yellow Bird, very soon found out what it had done for him, for each morning when he awoke he found a purse containing a hundred gold pieces under his pillow. Who acts: Badi, purse. 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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 (Badi, purse), 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:pg7277:9:57 # text = The younger, who had eaten the heart of the Yellow Bird, very soon found out what it had done for him, for each morning when he awoke he found a purse containing a hundred gold pieces under his pillow. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ _ 16 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 awoke awake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 purse purse NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 containing contain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 40 under under ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past · perfect | | the heart of the Yellow Bird | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 2 | **find out** | participle | | | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | news | | | morning | for Bird | tree rules | | 4 | **awake** | past | Badi | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | Badi | a purse | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=Topic | | 6 | **contain** | gerund | a purse *not said here* | hundred gold pieces | | Badi's pillow | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot piece=Theme | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/58/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)