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title: When the time came to call a halt, the Prince, who had after much co… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 28

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When the time came to call a halt, the Prince, who had after much consideration decided on his plan of action, caused a few twigs from the faggot he had brought with him to be planted in the snow, and then he sprinkled over them a pinch of the magic powder he had collected from the enchanted boat.

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**Who acts:** time, Prince, much consideration, consideration · **What happens:** come, call, have, decide, cause, bring · **To what, where:** halt, few twigs, faggot, snow, pinch, magic powder · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (time, Prince, much consideration, consideration), 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:pg7277:17:28
# text = When the time came to call a halt, the Prince, who had after much consideration decided on his plan of action, caused a few twigs from the faggot he had brought with him to be planted in the snow, and then he sprinkled over them a pinch of the magic powder he had collected from the enchanted boat.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	halt	halt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	decided	decide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	twigs	twig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
29	from	from	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	faggot	faggot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
32	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	31	acl:relcl	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
38	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	advcl	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	47	advmod	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	sprinkled	sprinkle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
48	over	over	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obl	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	pinch	pinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	collected	collect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	55	acl:relcl	_	_
59	from	from	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	62	amod	_	_
62	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the time |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | the time *not said here* | a halt |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent halt=Recipient |
| 3 | **have** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **decide** | past | much consideration |  |  |  |  | on consideration's plan of action | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on plan=Topic |
| 5 | **cause** | past |  | a few twigs |  | the faggot |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition twig=Patient |
| 6 | **bring** | past · perfect | consideration | the faggot *not said here* |  |  |  | with track | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent faggot=Theme |
| 7 | **plant** | to-infinitive · passive | consideration *not said here* |  |  | the snow |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in snow=Destination |
| 8 | **sprinkle** | past | consideration | a pinch of the magic powder |  |  | then | over Princes *= prince* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pinch=Theme over they=Destination |
| 9 | **collect** | past · perfect | consideration | the magic powder *not said here* |  | the enchanted boat |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent powder=Theme from boat=Source |
| 10 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 11 | **plan** |  | consideration | action |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 12 | **pinch** |  |  | the magic powder |  |  |  |  | nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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