--- title: Then he remembered that the mantle had some hidden charm that enable… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he remembered that the mantle had some hidden charm that enabled the bearer to transport himself at will from place to place, and in order to make sure of this he wished himself in the best inn of the town. Who acts: John, mantle, hidden charm. 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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 (John, mantle, hidden charm), 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:pg7277:22:123 # text = Then he remembered that the mantle had some hidden charm that enabled the bearer to transport himself at will from place to place, and in order to make sure of this he wished himself in the best inn of the town. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 9 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 enabled enable VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bearer bearer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 transport transport VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 27 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 fixed _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | John | | | | then | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | the mantle | some hidden charm | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Patient | | 3 | **enable** | past | some hidden charm | the bearer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **transport** | to-infinitive | some hidden charm *not said here* | John | | place to place | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent himself=Theme from place=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **wish** | past | John | John | | the best inn of the town | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/124/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)