--- title: As he drew near to the wood where he had left his wife, he heard a p… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: As he drew near to the wood where he had left his wife, he heard a parrot on a tree calling out his name: “Mr. Vinegar, you foolish man, you blockhead, you simpleton; you went to the fair, and laid out all your money in buying a cow. Who acts: man, you. 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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 (man, you), 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:pg7439:11:54 # text = As he drew near to the wood where he had left his wife, he heard a parrot on a tree calling out his name: “Mr. Vinegar, you foolish man, you blockhead, you simpleton; you went to the fair, and laid out all your money in buying a cow. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:desc _ _ 29 Vinegar Vinegar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 blockhead blockhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 simpleton simpleton NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 53 in in SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 buying buy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | man | | | the wood | | near *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to wood=Destination | | 2 | **leave** | past · perfect | man | man's wife | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | man | a parrot | | a tree | | | tree rules | | 4 | **call out** *speech: assert* | gerund | man *not said here* | man's name | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 5 | **man** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **blockhead** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **simpleton** *in a quote* | | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** *in a quote* | past | you | your money | | the fair | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fair=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **lay out** *in a quote* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **buy** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | a cow | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme | | 11 | **name** | | man | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/55/) - ↑ back to [Mr. Vinegar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/)