--- title: Three strokes of the Fairy’s wand restored his natural form, and he… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Three strokes of the Fairy’s wand restored his natural form, and he was as handsome and delightful as ever, but he considered that he paid dearly for his restoration when he caught sight of Turritella, and the mere idea of marrying her made him shudder. Who acts: Three strokes, King, mere idea. 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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 strokes, King, mere idea), 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:pg7277:4:64 # text = Three strokes of the Fairy’s wand restored his natural form, and he was as handsome and delightful as ever, but he considered that he paid dearly for his restoration when he caught sight of Turritella, and the mere idea of marrying her made him shudder. 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 strokes stroke NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 restored restore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 considered consider VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 dearly dearly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 restoration restoration NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 36 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 of of SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 shudder shudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restore** | past | Three strokes of the Fairy's wand | King's natural form | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | King | | | | | handsome *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | King *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **consider** | past | King | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pay** | past | King | | | | | for King's restoration; dearly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for restoration=Theme | | 6 | **catch** | past | King | sight of Turritella | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 7 | **marry** | gerund | the mere idea *not said here* | Turritella | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 8 | **make** | past | the mere idea | shudder | King | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary shudder=Product | | 9 | **stroke** | | | the Fairy's wand | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **form** | | King | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **sight** | | | Turritella | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/65/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)