--- title: Then he took the eggs, and coming down, put his foot on every bone,… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then he took the eggs, and coming down, put his foot on every bone, then took it with him, till he came to the last bone, which was so near the ground that he failed to touch it with his foot. Who acts: son, last bone. 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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 (son, last bone), 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:pg7885:31:164 # text = Then he took the eggs, and coming down, put his foot on every bone, then took it with him, till he came to the last bone, which was so near the ground that he failed to touch it with his foot. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 till till SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 near near ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | son | the eggs | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme | | 2 | **come down** | gerund | son *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | son *not said here* | son's foot | | every bone | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on bone=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | son *not said here* | body | | | then | with son | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | son | | | the last bone | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bone=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** | past | the last bone | | | the ground | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fail** | past | son | the ground *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **touch** | to-infinitive | son *not said here* | body | | | | with son's foot | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with foot=Instrument | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/163/) - next →: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/165/) - ↑ back to [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/)