--- title: When the little soldier discovered that their patience was worn out,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the little soldier discovered that their patience was worn out, he pressed the juice of the green Queen Claude plums into a small phial, bought a doctor’s robe, put on a wig and spectacles, and presented himself before the King of the Low Countries. Who acts: little soldier, soldier, juice. 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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 (little soldier, soldier, juice), 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:pg7277:22:301 # text = When the little soldier discovered that their patience was worn out, he pressed the juice of the green Queen Claude plums into a small phial, bought a doctor’s robe, put on a wig and spectacles, and presented himself before the King of the Low Countries. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 worn wear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 juice juice NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod:desc _ _ 21 Claude Claude PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 22 plums plum VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 phial phial NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wig wig NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 spectacles spectacle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 43 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 obj _ _ 44 before before ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 Low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 Countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | past | the little soldier | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wear out** | past · passive | | orchards's patience | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source | | 3 | **press** | past | soldier | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **plum** | present | the juice of the green Claude Queen | | | a small phial | | | tree rules | | 5 | **buy** | past | soldier *not said here* | a doctor's robe | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | | 6 | **put** | participle | soldier *not said here* | | | a wig and spectacles | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on wig=Destination | | 7 | **present** | past | soldier *not said here* | soldier | | | before the King of the Low Countries | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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 300](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/300/) - next →: [sentence 302](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/302/) - ↑ back to [The Little Soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/22/)