--- title: He ordered the troll-witch who had rolled the apple to him to be tor… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He ordered the troll-witch who had rolled the apple to him to be torn in pieces between four-and-twenty horses, so that not a bit of her was left, and then for the first time they began really to keep the wedding, and, weary as they were, the sheriff, the attorney, and the bailiff kept it up too. 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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 (Prince, horses, bailiff), 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:pg503:19:26 # text = He ordered the troll-witch who had rolled the apple to him to be torn in pieces between four-and-twenty horses, so that not a bit of her was left, and then for the first time they began really to keep the wedding, and, weary as they were, the sheriff, the attorney, and the bailiff kept it up too. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 19 between between ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 45 really really ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 parataxis _ _ 54 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 56 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 sheriff sheriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 attorney attorney NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 bailiff bailiff NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 68 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 up up ADP RP _ 67 compound:prt _ _ 70 too too ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | Prince | | the troll witch | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme | | 2 | **roll** | past · perfect · passive | | the troll witch | Prince | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP ADJ.result»: subject=Theme apple=Result | | 3 | **tear** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | pieces | | between four and twenty horses | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: in piece=Trajectory | | 4 | **leave** | past · passive | | a bit of two | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | then; time | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **keep** | to-infinitive | horses *= horse* *not said here* | the wedding | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | horses *= horse* | the sheriff and the attorney | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **keep up** | past | the bailiff | apple | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/27/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/)