--- title: But he did not do much harm to this Troll either, for when the time… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But he did not do much harm to this Troll either, for when the time came when the Troll might be expected, he said as he had said before: ‘It is better that one should die than two,’ and then climbed up into the tree again. Who acts: Ritter, time, better. 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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 (Ritter, time, better), 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:pg540:45:37 # text = But he did not do much harm to this Troll either, for when the time came when the Troll might be expected, he said as he had said before: ‘It is better that one should die than two,’ and then climbed up into the tree again. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 Troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 31 before before SCONJ IN _ 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 expl _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 nsubj:outer _ _ 37 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 47 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 48 up up ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past · do-support | Ritter | much harm | | | | to this Troll; either *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** | past | the time | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **expect** | might · passive | | the Troll | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ritter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | Ritter | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | should | better | | | | | than two | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **climb up** | past | Ritter *not said here* | | | the tree | then; again | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tree=Destination | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/38/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)