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title: One brought an army at his back, another had vast treasures, a third… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: One brought an army at his back, another had vast treasures, a third was as handsome and accomplished as it was possible to be; while, as to poor Mannikin, he had nothing but his determination to succeed, his faithful spaniel, and his ridiculous name--which last was hardly likely to help him, but as
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# The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 2, sentence 54

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One brought an army at his back, another had vast treasures, a third was as handsome and accomplished as it was possible to be; while, as to poor Mannikin, he had nothing but his determination to succeed, his faithful spaniel, and his ridiculous name--which last was hardly likely to help him, but as he could not alter it he wisely determined not to think of it any more.

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**Who acts:** One, another, third, army, ridiculous name · **What happens:** bring, have, be, accomplish, succeed, last · **To what, where:** army, back, vast treasures, nothing, name

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (One, another, third, army), 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:pg7277:15:54
# text = One brought an army at his back, another had vast treasures, a third was as handsome and accomplished as it was possible to be; while, as to poor Mannikin, he had nothing but his determination to succeed, his faithful spaniel, and his ridiculous name--which last was hardly likely to help him, but as he could not alter it he wisely determined not to think of it any more.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	another	another	PRON	DT	PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	vast	vast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	third	third	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
28	while	while	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
30	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	33	case	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	fixed	_	_
32	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
37	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	36	obj	_	_
38	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	determination	determination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	succeed	succeed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
45	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	spaniel	spaniel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
50	ridiculous	ridiculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj	_	_
54	last	last	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
55	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
56	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	parataxis	_	_
58	to	to	PART	TO	_	59	mark	_	_
59	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	xcomp	_	_
60	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
62	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
63	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
65	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
66	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	67	advmod	_	_
67	alter	alter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	advcl	_	_
68	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	obj	_	_
69	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
70	wisely	wisely	ADV	RB	_	71	advmod	_	_
71	determined	determine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
72	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	74	advmod	_	_
73	to	to	PART	TO	_	74	mark	_	_
74	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	xcomp	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	obl	_	_
77	any	any	ADV	RB	_	78	advmod	_	_
78	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	74	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | One | a army |  | army's back |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent army=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | another | vast treasures |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | a third |  |  |  |  | handsome *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **accomplish** | participle | a third *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | past | third |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **have** | past | army | nothing |  |  |  | as poor Mannikin; while *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient |
| 7 | **succeed** | to-infinitive | army *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **last** | present | army's ridiculous name |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **is** | past | army's ridiculous name |  |  |  |  | hardly, likely *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **help** | to-infinitive | army's ridiculous name *not said here* |  | army |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
| 11 | **not** **alter** | could | army | name |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 12 | **determine** | past | army |  |  |  |  | wisely *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 13 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | army *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of name | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **determine** |  | army |  |  |  |  |  | nom determination «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 15 | **name** |  | army |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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