--- title: Now there was a little girl walking below, carrying a jug of milk fo… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now there was a little girl walking below, carrying a jug of milk for her brothers and sisters' supper, and when she saw the poor little bird moult all its feathers, she said: “Little bird, why do you moult all your feathers?” Who acts: little girl, girl, 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 (little girl, girl, 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:pg7439:19:28 # text = Now there was a little girl walking below, carrying a jug of milk for her brothers and sisters' supper, and when she saw the poor little bird moult all its feathers, she said: “Little bird, why do you moult all your feathers?” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 below below ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 jug jug NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ' 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 moult moult NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 39 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 46 advmod _ _ 44 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 moult moult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 parataxis _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ? ? PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a little girl | | | there | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | gerund | a little girl *not said here* | | | | | below *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | a little girl *not said here* | a jug of milk | | | | for girl's brothers and sisters's supper | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | girl | the poor little bird moult moult's feathers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moult=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | girl | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **moult** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you | your feathers | | | | | tree rules | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/19/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/19/29/) - ↑ back to [Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/19/)