--- title: The acorn's not yet Fallen from the tree, That's to grow the wood, T… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The acorn's not yet Fallen from the tree, That's to grow the wood, That's to make the cradle, That's to rock the bairn, That's to grow to the man, That's to lay me. Who acts: acorn, That. 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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 (acorn, That), 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:pg7439:44:14 # text = The acorn's not yet Fallen from the tree, That's to grow the wood, That's to make the cradle, That's to rock the bairn, That's to grow to the man, That's to lay me. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 acorn acorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 yet yet ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 Fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bairn bairn NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fall** | present · passive | the acorn | | | the tree | yet | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tree=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | present | That | | | | | grow *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | That | | | | | make *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | That | rock and the bairn | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | That | | | | | to the man; grow *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | That | | | | | lay *property* | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/44/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/44/15/) - ↑ back to [The Cauld Lad of Hilton](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/44/)