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title: He felt that some fresh magic must be at work, and in his terror he… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He felt that some fresh magic must be at work, and in his terror he almost turned away from the house; but then a better idea came to him, and he changed himself into a dove, so that no witchcraft could have power over him, and flew into the room without touching the ladder. Who acts: husband, fresh
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Enchanted Pig, sentence 186

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He felt that some fresh magic must be at work, and in his terror he almost turned away from the house; but then a better idea came to him, and he changed himself into a dove, so that no witchcraft could have power over him, and flew into the room without touching the ladder.

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**Who acts:** husband, fresh magic, better idea, witchcraft · **What happens:** feel, be, turn away, come, change, have · **To what, where:** work, terror, husband, dove, power, room

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Pig. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (husband, fresh magic, better idea, witchcraft), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:12:186
# text = He felt that some fresh magic must be at work, and in his terror he almost turned away from the house; but then a better idea came to him, and he changed himself into a dove, so that no witchcraft could have power over him, and flew into the room without touching the ladder.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
19	away	away	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
24	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
25	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	29	advmod	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	28	amod	_	_
28	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	parataxis	_	_
36	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	35	obj	_	_
37	into	into	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
41	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	46	mark	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	fixed	_	_
43	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	44	det	_	_
44	witchcraft	witchcraft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
45	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	conj	_	_
47	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
48	over	over	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
53	into	into	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
56	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
57	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	52	advcl	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	ladder	ladder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | husband |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | must | some fresh magic |  |  | work |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **turn away** | past | husband |  |  | husband's terror |  | from the house; almost, away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from house=Source |
| 4 | **come** | past | a better idea |  | husband |  | then |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **change** | past | husband | husband |  |  |  | into a dove *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into dove=Result |
| 6 | **have** | could | no witchcraft | power |  |  |  | over husband | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
| 7 | **fly** | past | a better idea *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the room *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into room=Result |
| 8 | **touch** | gerund | a better idea *not said here* | the ladder |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ladder=Co-Theme |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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