--- title: When the three comrades saw that Mr. Simon had got the better of the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the three comrades saw that Mr. Simon had got the better of them, and done them out of fifty gold pieces, they flew into such a rage that they made up their minds to kill him, and, seizing their weapons for this purpose, went to his house. Who acts: three comrades, Simon, comrades. 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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 (three comrades, Simon, comrades), 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:pg7277:26:76 # text = When the three comrades saw that Mr. Simon had got the better of them, and done them out of fifty gold pieces, they flew into such a rage that they made up their minds to kill him, and, seizing their weapons for this purpose, went to his house. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 comrades comrade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 done do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 22 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 30 det:predet _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 weapons weapon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the three comrades | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | Simon Mr. | | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **do** | past | the three comrades *not said here* | comrades *= comrade* | | fifty gold pieces | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 4 | **fly** | past | comrades *= comrade* | | | | | into such rage *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result | | 5 | **make up** | past | comrades *= comrade* | comrades's minds | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **kill** | to-infinitive | comrades *= comrade* *not said here* | Simon | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **seize** | gerund | comrades *= comrade* *not said here* | comrades's weapons | | | | for this purpose | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme for purpose=Beneficiary | | 8 | **go** | past | comrades *= comrade* *not said here* | | | Simon's house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **mind** | | comrades *= comrade* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/77/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)