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title: The troll came rushing out, and was so angry and furious, and abused… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The troll came rushing out, and was so angry and furious, and abused the king with all his might for bringing such a wretched fool with him, as he was sure that he could not pay the least bit of all the damage that had been done when he could not even pay off his old debt. Who acts: troll. A sentenc
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 73

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The troll came rushing out, and was so angry and furious, and abused the king with all his might for bringing such a wretched fool with him, as he was sure that he could not pay the least bit of all the damage that had been done when he could not even pay off his old debt.

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**Who acts:** troll · **What happens:** come, rush out, be, abuse, bring, not pay · **To what, where:** king, wretched fool, least bit, damage, old debt

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (troll), 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:pg5615:27:73
# text = The troll came rushing out, and was so angry and furious, and abused the king with all his might for bringing such a wretched fool with him, as he was sure that he could not pay the least bit of all the damage that had been done when he could not even pay off his old debt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	abused	abuse	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	23	det:predet	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
21	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
23	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
24	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	27	det:predet	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	cop	_	_
34	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
37	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	39	advmod	_	_
39	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	ccomp	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	42	amod	_	_
42	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	46	det:predet	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
47	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	obj	_	_
48	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
49	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	50	aux:pass	_	_
50	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	acl:relcl	_	_
51	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	56	advmod	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
53	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
54	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	56	advmod	_	_
55	even	even	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
56	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	advcl	_	_
57	off	off	ADP	RP	_	56	compound:prt	_	_
58	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
59	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	debt	debt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the troll |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rush out** | gerund | the troll *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **abuse** | past |  | the king |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
| 6 | **bring** | might |  | such wretched fool |  |  |  | with troll | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent fool=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | past | troll |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **not** **pay** | could | troll | the least bit of all damage |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Asset |
| 9 | **do** | past · perfect · passive |  | all damage |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: that=Eventuality |
| 10 | **not** **pay off** | could | troll | troll's old debt |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset |

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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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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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