--- title: Then the two guards led off the father, and the Fairy of whom you ha… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the two guards led off the father, and the Fairy of whom you have heard found him in the forest, and beat him with a golden birch rod, and cast him into a cave that was very deep and dark, where he lay enchanted. Who acts: you, cave, guard. 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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 (you, cave, guard), 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:pg7277:19:37 # text = Then the two guards led off the father, and the Fairy of whom you have heard found him in the forest, and beat him with a golden birch rod, and cast him into a cave that was very deep and dark, where he lay enchanted. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 off off ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nmod _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 beat beat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 birch birch NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 rod rod NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 cast cast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 49 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | participle | | the two guards and the Fairy of the two guards and the Fairy of the two guards *not said here* | | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **find** | participle | you *not said here* | guard | | the forest | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 4 | **beat** | infinitive | | guard | | | | with a golden birch rod | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with rod=Instrument | | 5 | **cast** | infinitive | | guard | | a cave | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent he=Material into cave=Product | | 6 | **is** | past | a cave | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | a cave *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **lie** | past | guard | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **enchant** | participle | guard *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/38/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/)