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title: And forthwith he lowered the sack from his shoulders and emptied its… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: And forthwith he lowered the sack from his shoulders and emptied its contents on the flames, and instantly the fire was extinguished; but at the same moment lo! and behold the lovely damsel turned into a Serpent, and, darting upon him, coiled itself round his neck, and whispered lovingly in his ear:
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 54

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And forthwith he lowered the sack from his shoulders and emptied its contents on the flames, and instantly the fire was extinguished; but at the same moment lo! and behold the lovely damsel turned into a Serpent, and, darting upon him, coiled itself round his neck, and whispered lovingly in his ear:

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**Who acts:** life, fire, lovely damsel · **What happens:** lower, empty, be, turn, dart, coil · **To what, where:** sack, shoulders, contents, flames, Serpent, sand

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (life, fire, lovely damsel), 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:pg640:33:54
# text = And forthwith he lowered the sack from his shoulders and emptied its contents on the flames, and instantly the fire was extinguished; but at the same moment lo! and behold the lovely damsel turned into a Serpent, and, darting upon him, coiled itself round his neck, and whispered lovingly in his ear:
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	forthwith	forthwith	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lowered	lower	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	emptied	empty	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	contents	contents	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	flames	flame	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
19	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	extinguished	extinguished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
25	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
26	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
30	lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	37	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
33	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	37	discourse	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	damsel	damsel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
38	into	into	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
44	darting	dart	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	advcl	_	_
45	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	coiled	coil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
49	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	48	obj	_	_
50	round	round	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	48	conj	_	_
56	lovingly	lovingly	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
59	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lower** | past | life | the sack |  | life's shoulders |  | forthwith *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sack=Theme from shoulder=Destination |
| 2 | **empty** | past | life *not said here* | sand's contents |  | the flames |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent contents=Source |
| 3 | **is** | past | the fire |  |  |  |  | extinguished, instantly *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **turn** | past | the lovely damsel |  |  | a Serpent | moment |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into serpent=Trajectory |
| 5 | **dart** | gerund | the lovely damsel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon life | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Trajectory |
| 6 | **coil** | past | the lovely damsel *not said here* | sand |  | life's neck |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent itself=Theme round neck=Destination |
| 7 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the lovely damsel *not said here* |  |  | life's ear |  | lovingly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location |

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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 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.

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