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title: He, however, was very unlikely to do the Troll much injury, for no s… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He, however, was very unlikely to do the Troll much injury, for no sooner had the Princess seated herself by the sea-shore than Ritter Red climbed up into a great tree which was standing there, and hid himself as well as he could among the branches. Who acts: Ritter, Princess, Ritter Red, great tree
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# The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 2, sentence 6

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He, however, was very unlikely to do the Troll much injury, for no sooner had the Princess seated herself by the sea-shore than Ritter Red climbed up into a great tree which was standing there, and hid himself as well as he could among the branches.

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**Who acts:** Ritter, Princess, Ritter Red, great tree · **What happens:** be, do, have, seat, climb up, stand · **To what, where:** Troll, Princess, sea shore, great tree, Ritter

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ritter, Princess, Ritter Red, great tree), 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:pg540:45:6
# text = He, however, was very unlikely to do the Troll much injury, for no sooner had the Princess seated herself by the sea-shore than Ritter Red climbed up into a great tree which was standing there, and hid himself as well as he could among the branches.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	however	however	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	unlikely	unlikely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	18	advmod	_	_
18	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	seated	seat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
22	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	21	obj	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
25	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
28	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
29	Ritter	Ritter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	acl:relcl	_	_
32	up	up	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
33	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
37	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	acl:relcl	_	_
40	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
44	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	43	obj	_	_
45	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	43	advmod	_	_
46	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	45	fixed	_	_
47	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	advcl	_	_
50	among	among	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Ritter |  |  |  |  | however, unlikely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | Ritter *not said here* | the Troll |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **seat** | past | the Princess | Princess |  |  |  | by the sea shore | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location herself=Value |
| 5 | **climb up** | past | Ritter Red | the sea shore *not said here* |  | a great tree |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **stand** | past · progressive | a great tree |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **hide** | past |  | Ritter |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=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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