--- title: Then Cocky-locky strutted down into the cave and he hadn't gone far… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then Cocky-locky strutted down into the cave and he hadn't gone far when “Snap, Hrumph!” went Foxy-woxy and Cocky-locky was thrown alongside of Turkey-lurkey, Goosey-poosey and Ducky-daddles. Who acts: Cocky, Snap. 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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 (Cocky, Snap), 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:pg7439:23:178 # text = Then Cocky-locky strutted down into the cave and he hadn't gone far when “Snap, Hrumph!” went Foxy-woxy and Cocky-locky was thrown alongside of Turkey-lurkey, Goosey-poosey and Ducky-daddles. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Cocky Cocky PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 locky locky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 strutted strut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 15 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Snap Snap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Hrumph Hrumph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ! ! PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 24 Foxy Foxy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 woxy woxy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 Cocky cocky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 locky locky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 conj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 33 alongside alongside ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 Turkey Turkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 lurkey lurkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 Goosey Goosey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 poosey poosey NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 advcl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 Ducky ducky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 daddles daddle VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strut down** | participle | Cocky | | | the cave | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into cave=Destination | | 2 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | Cocky | | | | | far *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | Snap | Foxy | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location foxy=Theme | | 4 | **throw** | past · passive | | woxy | | Turkey lurkey | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme alongside lurkey=Destination | | 5 | **daddle** | present | | | | | | | 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 177](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/177/) - next →: [sentence 179](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/179/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)