--- title: One day, when he was wandering through the woods, he met the Fairy,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when he was wandering through the woods, he met the Fairy, who showed him the cavern where his father was imprisoned, and told him what words he must use in order to set him free. Who acts: Rosimond, Fairy. 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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 (Rosimond, Fairy), 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:pg7277:19:87 # text = One day, when he was wandering through the woods, he met the Fairy, who showed him the cavern where his father was imprisoned, and told him what words he must use in order to set him free. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cavern cavern NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 imprisoned imprison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 what what DET WP Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Rosimond | | | the woods | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **meet** | past | Rosimond | the Fairy | | | day | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Co-Agent | | 3 | **show** | past | the Fairy | the cavern | Rosimond | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cavern=Topic | | 4 | **imprison** | past · passive | | Rosimond's father | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Rosimond *not said here* | what words | Rosimond | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient word=Topic | | 6 | **use** | must | Rosimond | what words *not said here* | | order | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 7 | **set** | to-infinitive | Rosimond *not said here* | Rosimond | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/88/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/)