--- title: Then the Troll will come and beat thee, but thou shalt take the flas… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Troll will come and beat thee, but thou shalt take the flask which is hanging on the wall, and anoint thyself wheresoever he has wounded thee, after which thou shalt be as well as before. Who acts: Troll, thou, flask, lad. 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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 (Troll, thou, flask, lad), 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:pg540:26:23 # text = Then the Troll will come and beat thee, but thou shalt take the flask which is hanging on the wall, and anoint thyself wheresoever he has wounded thee, after which thou shalt be as well as before. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 anoint anoint VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 24 obj _ _ 26 wheresoever wheresoever ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 wounded wound VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 advcl:relcl _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 35 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 37 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 40 cc _ _ 38 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 fixed _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 40 before before ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | future | the Troll | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **beat** | infinitive | the Troll *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location thou=Theme | | 3 | **take** | shall | thou | the flask | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flask=Theme | | 4 | **hang** | present · progressive | the flask | | | the wall | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on wall=Location | | 5 | **anoint** | infinitive | | thyself | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Theme | | 6 | **wound** | present · perfect | lad | thee | | | | wheresoever *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | shall | thou | | | | | before *property* | tree rules | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/24/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princesses of Whiteland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/)