--- title: In order to prevent this, he would make a little cut in the bark, ju… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In order to prevent this, he would make a little cut in the bark, just large enough for them to put their fingers in, and with this help he could manage to tear the tree in two, so that the heart should run no risk of damage. Who acts: youth, notes, heart. 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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 (youth, notes, heart), 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:pg641:44:55 # text = In order to prevent this, he would make a little cut in the bark, just large enough for them to put their fingers in, and with this help he could manage to tear the tree in two, so that the heart should run no risk of damage. 1 In in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 4 mark _ _ 2 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bark bark NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 19 enough enough ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 49 det _ _ 49 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 damage damage NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | this | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer this=Theme | | 2 | **make** | would | youth | a little cut | | the bark | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cut=Product | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | notes *= note* | notes's fingers | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent finger=Goal | | 4 | **manage** | could | youth | | | | | with this help | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **tear** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | the tree | | two | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 6 | **run** | should | the heart | no risk of damage | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme risk=Trajectory | | 7 | **risk** | | | damage | | | | | nom risk «state 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/56/) - ↑ back to [Mogarzea and His Son](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/)