--- title: But, alas! in so doing he let fall the magic sword, and the Yellow D… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, alas! in so doing he let fall the magic sword, and the Yellow Dwarf, who was crouching behind a lettuce, no sooner saw it than he sprang out and seized it, well knowing its wonderful power. Who acts: Bellissima, Yellow Dwarf. 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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 (Bellissima, Yellow Dwarf), 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:pg503:7:84 # text = But, alas! in so doing he let fall the magic sword, and the Yellow Dwarf, who was crouching behind a lettuce, no sooner saw it than he sprang out and seized it, well knowing its wonderful power. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 alas alas INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 5 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 10 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 crouching crouch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 acl _ _ 23 behind behind ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lettuce lettuce NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 29 advmod _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 than than SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | past | Bellissima | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | the magic sword | | | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient sword=Result | | 4 | **crouch** | past · progressive | the Yellow Dwarf | | | a lettuce | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind lettuce=Location | | 5 | **see** | past | the Yellow Dwarf | sword | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **spring out** | past | Bellissima | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seize** | past | Bellissima *not said here* | sword | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **know** | gerund | Bellissima *not said here* | sword's wonderful power | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer power=Stimulus | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/85/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)