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title: Then the Black Bird and the Green Giant resumed their natural form,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the Black Bird and the Green Giant resumed their natural form, for they were enchanters, and up flew Lolotte and Mirlifiche in their chariots, and then there was a great kissing and congratulating, for everybody had regained someone he loved, including the enchanters, who loved their natural fo
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# The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4, sentence 22

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Then the Black Bird and the Green Giant resumed their natural form, for they were enchanters, and up flew Lolotte and Mirlifiche in their chariots, and then there was a great kissing and congratulating, for everybody had regained someone he loved, including the enchanters, who loved their natural forms dearly.

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**Who acts:** Black Bird, miracles, Mirlifiche, enchanters · **What happens:** resume, be, fly, congratulate, regain, love · **To what, where:** natural form, Lolotte, chariots, great kissing, everybody, enchanters

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Black Bird, miracles, Mirlifiche, enchanters), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:39:22
# text = Then the Black Bird and the Green Giant resumed their natural form, for they were enchanters, and up flew Lolotte and Mirlifiche in their chariots, and then there was a great kissing and congratulating, for everybody had regained someone he loved, including the enchanters, who loved their natural forms dearly.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Bird	Bird	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Green	Green	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
9	resumed	resume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	enchanters	enchanter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	up	up	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
22	Lolotte	Lolotte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	Mirlifiche	Mirlifiche	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	chariots	chariot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
31	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	32	expl	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	kissing	kissing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	congratulating	congratulate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
40	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	regained	regain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	conj	_	_
43	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	42	obj	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	including	including	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	enchanters	enchanter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	52	nsubj	_	_
52	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
53	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
54	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	forms	form	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obj	_	_
56	dearly	dearly	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resume** | past | the Black Bird | miracles's natural form |  |  | then |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | miracles *= miracle* |  |  |  |  | for enchanters | tree rules |
| 3 | **fly** | past | the Black Bird *not said here* | Lolotte and Mirlifiche |  | miracles's chariots |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent lolotte=Theme in chariot=Location |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | a great kissing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **congratulate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **regain** | past · perfect · passive |  | everybody |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **love** | past | Mirlifiche | the enchanters |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enchanter=Stimulus |
| 8 | **love** | past | the enchanters | miracles's natural forms |  |  |  | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer form=Stimulus |
| 9 | **form** |  | miracles *= miracle* |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **form** |  | miracles *= miracle* |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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