--- title: He drank one drop, but still he could not lift the sword; then he dr… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He drank one drop, but still he could not lift the sword; then he drank a second, and the sword began to move; but only after he had drunk a third drop was he able to swing the sword over his head. Who acts: hair, sword, third drop. 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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 (hair, sword, third drop), 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:pg640:24:67 # text = He drank one drop, but still he could not lift the sword; then he drank a second, and the sword began to move; but only after he had drunk a third drop was he able to swing the sword over his head. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 second second NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 30 after after SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 amod _ _ 36 drop drop NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 swing swing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | hair | one drop | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drop=Patient | | 2 | **not** **lift** | could | hair | the sword | | | still | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 3 | **drink** | past | hair | | | | then; second | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **begin** | past | the sword | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **move** | to-infinitive | the sword *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **drink** | past · perfect | hair | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | a third drop | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **swing** | to-infinitive | a third drop *not said here* | the sword | | hair's head | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent sword=Theme over head=Trajectory | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/68/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/)