--- title: Meanwhile Madge Magpie went on working and working without, looking… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile Madge Magpie went on working and working without, looking up till the only bird that remained was the turtle-dove, and that hadn't paid any attention all along, but only kept on saying its silly cry “Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o.” Who acts: Madge, only bird, working, attention. 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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 (Madge, only bird, working, attention), 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:pg7439:42:16 # text = Meanwhile Madge Magpie went on working and working without, looking up till the only bird that remained was the turtle-dove, and that hadn't paid any attention all along, but only kept on saying its silly cry “Take two, Taffy, take two-o-o-o.” 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Madge Madge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Magpie Magpie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 csubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 conj _ _ 9 without without ADP IN _ 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 csubj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 till till ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 turtle turtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 28 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ _ 30 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 attention attention NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 along along ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 38 on on SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 40 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 45 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Taffy Taffy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 50 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 56 case _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 56 case _ SpaceAfter=No 55 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 o o INTJ UH _ 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Madge | | | | | meanwhile *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **look up** | gerund | | | | | till the only bird | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **remain** | past | the only bird | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | working | the turtle dove | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **pay** | past · perfect · passive | | that | | | | along *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient attention=Asset | | 8 | **keep** | participle | | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | attention's silly cry | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | two | | | | Taffy *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme | | 11 | **take** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent o=Theme | | 12 | **cry** | | attention | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/42/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/42/17/) - ↑ back to [The Magpie's Nest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/42/)