--- title: Unhappily he had not heard the magic words uttered by the wizard, an… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Unhappily he had not heard the magic words uttered by the wizard, and he could not manage to draw the three circles, so if he was to summon the colt at all he must invent some other means of doing it. Who acts: colt, other. 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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 (colt, other), 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:pg3454:27:3 # text = Unhappily he had not heard the magic words uttered by the wizard, and he could not manage to draw the three circles, so if he was to summon the colt at all he must invent some other means of doing it. 1 Unhappily unhappily ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 uttered utter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 circles circle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 obl _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 invent invent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 nsubj _ _ 40 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 ccomp _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hear** | past · perfect | colt | the magic words | | | | unhappily *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **utter** *speech: other* | participle | | the magic words *not said here* | | | | by the wizard | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **manage** | could | colt | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **draw** | to-infinitive | colt *not said here* | the three circles | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circle=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | colt | | | all | | summon *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **invent** | must | colt | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **mean** | present | some other | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **do** | gerund | | way | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/4/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)