--- title: The stick lodged in the tree, and he returned to his wife without mo… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The stick lodged in the tree, and he returned to his wife without money, cow, bagpipes, gloves, or stick, and she instantly gave him such a sound cudgelling that she almost broke every bone in his skin. Who acts: stick, cow. 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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 (stick, cow), 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:pg7439:11:58 # text = The stick lodged in the tree, and he returned to his wife without money, cow, bagpipes, gloves, or stick, and she instantly gave him such a sound cudgelling that she almost broke every bone in his skin. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 3 lodged lodge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 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 10 obl _ _ 14 without without ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 bagpipes bagpipe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 gloves glove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 stick stick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 34 det:predet _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 cudgelling cudgelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 almost almost ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 39 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 40 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lodge** | participle | | the stick *not said here* | | the tree | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location | | 2 | **return** | past | the stick | | | | | to bird's wife *result*; without money and cow and bagpipes and gloves | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to wife=Result | | 3 | **stick** | infinitive | the stick *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **give** | past | cow | such sound cudgelling | bird | | | instantly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cudgelling=Theme | | 5 | **break** | past | cow | every bone | | bird's skin | | almost *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=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:** «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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/57/) - next →: [Nix Nought Nothing, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/1/) - ↑ back to [Mr. Vinegar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/11/)