--- title: The Evil One had then lost all power to take him, but so long as he… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Evil One had then lost all power to take him, but so long as he had the contract he could compel him to meet him in the forest each day at a certain time, where the evil spirits then scourged him till he bled. Who acts: Evil One, man, evil spirits. 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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 (Evil One, man, evil spirits), 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:pg5615:33:84 # text = The Evil One had then lost all power to take him, but so long as he had the contract he could compel him to meet him in the forest each day at a certain time, where the evil spirits then scourged him till he bled. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Evil Evil PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 One One PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 contract contract NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 compel compel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 42 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 43 scourged scourge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 till till SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 bled bleed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | the Evil One | all power | | | then | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the Evil One *not said here* | | man | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 3 | **have** | past | man | the contract | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contract=Patient | | 4 | **compel** | could | man | human | | | | long *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man | | the forest | day; time | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **scourge** | past | the evil spirits | man | | | then | | tree rules | | 7 | **bleed** | past | man | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/85/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/)