--- title: He drew near and told me that through the power of his magic arts he… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He drew near and told me that through the power of his magic arts he had caused the soft music to waken me, and had made his way through bolts and bars to offer me his hand and heart. Who acts: door. 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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 (door), 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:pg7277:45:61 # text = He drew near and told me that through the power of his magic arts he had caused the soft music to waken me, and had made his way through bolts and bars to offer me his hand and heart. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 near near ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 caused cause VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 waken waken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 through through ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 bolts bolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | past | door | | | | | near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | door *not said here* | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **cause** | past · perfect | door | that | | the power of door's magic arts | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer that=Theme music=Eventuality | | 4 | **waken** | to-infinitive | door *not said here* | me | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect | door *not said here* | door's way | | bolts and bars | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product | | 6 | **offer** | to-infinitive | door *not said here* | door's hand and heart | me | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal hand=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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/62/) - ↑ back to [The Crystal Coffin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/)