--- title: "If you remembered when I harried the magpie's nest, you would not e… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "If you remembered when I harried the magpie's nest, you would not eat that without giving me my share," says the golden pigeon; "I lost my little finger bringing it down, and I want it still." Who acts: you, golden pigeon, my. 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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 (you, golden pigeon, my), 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:pg7885:31:260 # text = "If you remembered when I harried the magpie's nest, you would not eat that without giving me my share," says the golden pigeon; "I lost my little finger bringing it down, and I want it still." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 harried harry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 magpie magpie NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 nest nest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obj _ _ 18 without without SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 25 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 pigeon pigeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 still still ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** *in a quote* | past | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **harry** *in a quote* | past | the golden pigeon *= pigeon* | the magpie's nest | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Patient | | 3 | **not** **eat** *in a quote* | would | you | that | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* | my share | the golden pigeon *= pigeon* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient share=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the golden pigeon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | the golden pigeon *= pigeon* | my little finger | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Eventuality | | 7 | **bring down** *in a quote* | gerund | the golden pigeon *= pigeon* *not said here* | finger | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **want** *in a quote* | present | the golden pigeon *= pigeon* | finger | | | still | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 9 | **share** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: 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:** «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 259](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/259/) - next →: [sentence 261](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/261/) - ↑ back to [The Battle of the Birds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/)