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title: On the third night a Troll came who had nine heads and nine rods, an… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: On the third night a Troll came who had nine heads and nine rods, and he struck the lad and flogged him so long, that at last he swooned away; so the Troll took him up and flung him against the wall, and this made the flask of ointment fall down, and it splashed all over him, and he became as strong
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Three Princesses of Whiteland, sentence 31

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On the third night a Troll came who had nine heads and nine rods, and he struck the lad and flogged him so long, that at last he swooned away; so the Troll took him up and flung him against the wall, and this made the flask of ointment fall down, and it splashed all over him, and he became as strong as ever again.

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**Who acts:** Troll, flask, this, head · **What happens:** come, have, strike, flog, swoon away, take up · **To what, where:** nine heads, lad, last, flask, wall

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princesses of Whiteland. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Troll, flask, this, head), 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:pg540:26:31
# text = On the third night a Troll came who had nine heads and nine rods, and he struck the lad and flogged him so long, that at last he swooned away; so the Troll took him up and flung him against the wall, and this made the flask of ointment fall down, and it splashed all over him, and he became as strong as ever again.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	rods	rod	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	flogged	flog	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	so	so	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	obl	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	last	last	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
30	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	swooned	swoon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	_
32	away	away	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	so	so	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Troll	Troll	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
38	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	_
39	up	up	ADP	RP	_	37	compound:prt	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
42	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	against	against	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	49	nsubj	_	_
49	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
54	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	parataxis	_	_
55	down	down	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
58	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	splashed	splash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
60	all	all	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
61	over	over	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
66	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
67	as	as	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
68	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	xcomp	_	_
69	as	as	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	71	advmod	_	_
71	again	again	ADV	RB	_	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a Troll |  |  |  | night |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | past |  | nine heads and nine rods |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 3 | **strike** | past | flask | the lad |  | last |  | that *obl* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Patient |
| 4 | **flog** | past | flask *not said here* | flask |  |  |  | long *property* | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 5 | **swoon away** | past | flask | last *not said here* |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **take up** | past | the Troll |  | flask |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |
| 7 | **fling** | past | the Troll *not said here* | flask |  | the wall |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme against wall=Destination |
| 8 | **make** | past | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 9 | **fall down** | present | the flask of ointment |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **splash** | past | head |  |  |  |  | over flask | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over he=Location |
| 11 | **become** | past | flask |  |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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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