--- title: So, by the help of the magic ball, the maiden managed that he should… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So, by the help of the magic ball, the maiden managed that he should put on the same clothes that he had been wearing at the time he had vanished, so that his father might know him more quickly. Who acts: maiden, woodcutter, father. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/11/67/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [The Grateful Prince, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/11/) / 67 # The Violet Fairy Book, The Grateful Prince, part 3, sentence 67 So, by the help of the magic ball, the maiden managed that he should put on the same clothes that he had been wearing at the time he had vanished, so that his father might know him more quickly. **Who acts:** maiden, woodcutter, father · **What happens:** manage, put, wear, vanish, know, help · **To what, where:** same clothes, time, woodcutter, magic ball This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Prince, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maiden, woodcutter, father), 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:pg641:11:67 # text = So, by the help of the magic ball, the maiden managed that he should put on the same clothes that he had been wearing at the time he had vanished, so that his father might know him more quickly. 1 So so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 17 obl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux _ _ 26 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 vanished vanish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **manage** | past | the maiden | | | | | by the help of the magic ball | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **put** | should | woodcutter | | | the same clothes | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on clothes=Destination | | 3 | **wear** | past · perfect · progressive | woodcutter | | | | time | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **vanish** | past · perfect | woodcutter | the time *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | might | woodcutter's father | woodcutter | | | | quickly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **help** | | | the magic ball | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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/pg641/11/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/11/68/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/11/)