--- title: At last she pitied him, and removed the charm, and the horns dropped… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last she pitied him, and removed the charm, and the horns dropped down on the ground, and he would have killed her on the spot, only he was as weak as water, and his fellow-servants came in and carried him up to the big house. Who acts: girl, horns, eye, fellow servants. 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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 (girl, horns, eye, fellow servants), 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:pg3454:13:85 # text = At last she pitied him, and removed the charm, and the horns dropped down on the ground, and he would have killed her on the spot, only he was as weak as water, and his fellow-servants came in and carried him up to the big house. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 removed remove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux _ _ 25 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 45 in in ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pity** | past | girl | eye | | last | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **remove** | past | girl *not said here* | the charm | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme | | 3 | **drop down** | past | the horns | | | the ground | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on ground=Trajectory | | 4 | **kill** | would · perfect · passive | | eye | | the spot | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer she=Result | | 5 | **is** | past | eye | | | | | as water; weak *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **come in** | past | eye's fellow servants | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **carry up** | past | eye's fellow servants *not said here* | eye | | the big house | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to house=Destination | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/86/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)