--- title: With his huge club he aimed a terrific blow at Narcissus, which must… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: With his huge club he aimed a terrific blow at Narcissus, which must certainly have killed him but for the adroitness of the Fairy Melinette, who arrived upon the scene just in time to snatch him up and carry him off at lightning speed to her castle in the air. Who acts: enchanter, adroitness. 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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 (enchanter, adroitness), 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:pg7277:11:103 # text = With his huge club he aimed a terrific blow at Narcissus, which must certainly have killed him but for the adroitness of the Fairy Melinette, who arrived upon the scene just in time to snatch him up and carry him off at lightning speed to her castle in the air. 1 With with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 aimed aim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 terrific terrific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Narcissus Narcissus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 adroitness adroitness NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 Melinette Melinette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 just just ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 snatch snatch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 lightning lightning NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **aim** | past | enchanter | a terrific blow | | Narcissus | | with enchanter's huge club | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot blow=Theme | | 2 | **kill** | must · perfect · passive | | a terrific blow | | | | certainly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result | | 3 | **arrive** | past | the adroitness of the Fairy | | | | | upon the scene | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **snatch up** | to-infinitive | the adroitness of the Fairy *not said here* | enchanter | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **carry off** | infinitive | the adroitness of the Fairy *not said here* | enchanter | | lightning speed | | to Fairy's castle in the air | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to castle=Destination | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/104/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)