The Green Fairy Book, The Three Musicians, sentence 74

And the dwarf was forced to do as he was told because the youth still kept his beard from him; but the wicked little creature chuckled with joy and thought to himself: ‘The foolish youth will hand me my beard as soon as we have crossed the river, and then my power will return, and I will seize my wand and prevent them both ever returning to their beautiful country.’

Who acts: dwarf, youth, wicked little creature, foolish youth, we, power · What happens: force, do, tell, keep, chuckle, think · To what, where: dwarf, beard, youth, me, river, wand · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Musicians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dwarf, youth, wicked little creature, foolish youth), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 forced	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dwarf	det
3	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forced	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 forced	aux:pass
5	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forced	xcomp
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 told	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 told	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 told	aux:pass
11	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 do	advcl
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 kept	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 youth	det
14	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kept	nsubj
15	still	still	ADV	_	16 kept	advmod
16	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 told	ccomp
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 beard	nmod:poss
18	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kept	obj
19	from	from	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 kept	obl
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 chuckled	punct
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 chuckled	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 creature	det
24	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 creature	amod
25	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 creature	amod
26	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 chuckled	nsubj
27	chuckled	chuckle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 forced	conj
28	with	with	ADP	_	29 joy	case
29	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 chuckled	obl
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 thought	cc
31	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 chuckled	conj
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 himself	case
33	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	31 thought	obl
34	:	:	PUNCT	_	40 hand	punct
35	‘	'	PUNCT	_	40 hand	punct
36	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 youth	det
37	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 youth	amod
38	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 hand	nsubj
39	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 hand	aux
40	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forced	conj
41	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	40 hand	obj
42	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 beard	nmod:poss
43	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 hand	obj
44	as	as	ADV	_	45 soon	advmod
45	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	40 hand	advmod
46	as	as	SCONJ	_	49 crossed	mark
47	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	49 crossed	nsubj
48	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 crossed	aux
49	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	45 soon	advcl
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 river	det
51	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 crossed	obj
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 return	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 return	cc
54	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	58 return	advmod
55	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	56 power	nmod:poss
56	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 return	nsubj
57	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 return	aux
58	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 hand	parataxis
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 seize	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 seize	cc
61	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	63 seize	nsubj
62	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 seize	aux
63	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 return	conj
64	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	65 wand	nmod:poss
65	wand	wand	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 seize	obj
66	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 prevent	cc
67	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 seize	conj
68	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 prevent	obj
69	both	both	ADV	_	67 prevent	advmod
70	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	71 returning	advmod
71	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	67 prevent	advcl
72	to	to	ADP	_	75 country	case
73	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	75 country	nmod:poss
74	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 country	amod
75	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 returning	obl
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 forced	punct
77	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 forced	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	force	past · passive		the dwarf				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	do	to-infinitive	the dwarf not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	past · passive		dwarf				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
4	keep	past	the youth	youth's beard		still	from dwarf	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer beard=Beneficiary from he=Eventuality
5	chuckle	participle	the wicked little creature				with joy	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	think speech: other	past	the wicked little creature not said here		youth			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	hand	future	the foolish youth	my beard	me		soon property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination beard=Theme
8	cross	present · perfect	we	the river				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient
9	return	future	my power			then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	seize	future	I	my wand				vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Theme
11	prevent	infinitive	I not said here	waves = wave			both property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme
12	return	gerund	I not said here			ever	to waves's beautiful country result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result

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: «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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