--- title: The first night a Troll came with three heads and three rods, and be… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The first night a Troll came with three heads and three rods, and beat the lad most unmercifully; but he held out until the Troll was done with him, and then he took the flask and rubbed himself. Who acts: Troll, 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, 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:pg540:26:27 # text = The first night a Troll came with three heads and three rods, and beat the lad most unmercifully; but he held out until the Troll was done with him, and then he took the flask and rubbed himself. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 19 advmod _ _ 19 unmercifully unmercifully ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 out out ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 until until SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 30 with with 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 , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 rubbed rub VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | a Troll | | | | night | with three heads and three rods | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **beat** | infinitive | a Troll *not said here* | the lad | | | | unmercifully *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lad=Theme | | 3 | **hold out** | past | lad | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | past · passive | | the Troll | | | | with lad | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **take** | past | lad | the flask | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flask=Theme | | 6 | **rub** | past | lad *not said here* | flask | | | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=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 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/28/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princesses of Whiteland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/)