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title: With the sharp point of one of his arrows he gently detached their h… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 68

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With the sharp point of one of his arrows he gently detached their hands and feet from the wood which held them fast, and carried them on shore, one after another, where he rubbed their rigid limbs, and bathed them with infusions of various herbs with such success, that, after a few days, they recovered perfectly and were as fit to manage a boat as ever.

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**Who acts:** Prince, wood, branches · **What happens:** detach, hold, carry, rub, bath, recover · **To what, where:** hands, branches, shore, rigid limbs, boat

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, wood, branches), 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:pg7277:14:68
# text = With the sharp point of one of his arrows he gently detached their hands and feet from the wood which held them fast, and carried them on shore, one after another, where he rubbed their rigid limbs, and bathed them with infusions of various herbs with such success, that, after a few days, they recovered perfectly and were as fit to manage a boat as ever.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	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	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	detached	detach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
21	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
22	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
27	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	on	on	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	conj	_	_
32	after	after	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	37	advmod	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
38	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
39	rigid	rigid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	limbs	limb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	bathed	bath	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
44	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obj	_	_
45	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	infusions	infusion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
54	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	after	after	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
62	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
63	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
65	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	cop	_	_
66	as	as	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	fit	fit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	conj	_	_
68	to	to	PART	TO	_	69	mark	_	_
69	manage	manage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	xcomp	_	_
70	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
72	as	as	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detach** | past | Prince | branches's hands and feet |  |  |  | with the sharp point of one of Prince's arrows; from the wood; gently *property* | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient from wood=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **hold** | past | the wood | branches *= branch* |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | past |  | branches *= branch* |  | shore |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **rub** | past | Prince | branches's rigid limbs |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent limb=Theme |
| 5 | **bath** | past | Prince *not said here* | branches *= branch* |  |  | day | with infusions of various herbs with such success; that *obl* | tree rules |
| 6 | **recover** | past | branches *= branch* |  |  |  |  | perfectly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is** | past | branches *= branch* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fit *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **manage** | to-infinitive | branches *= branch* *not said here* | a boat |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |

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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 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.

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