--- title: Notwithstanding the warning of his companions, the third musician, w… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Notwithstanding the warning of his companions, the third musician, who played the flute, was still determined to try his luck, and, full of courage and daring, he set out, resolved, if possible, to find and secure the hidden treasure. Who acts: third musician, fiddler. 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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 (third musician, fiddler), 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:pg7277:55:32 # text = Notwithstanding the warning of his companions, the third musician, who played the flute, was still determined to try his luck, and, full of courage and daring, he set out, resolved, if possible, to find and secure the hidden treasure. 1 Notwithstanding notwithstand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 amod _ _ 10 musician musician NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 csubj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 daring daring NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notwithstand** | gerund | | the warning of fiddler's companions | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **play** | past | the third musician | the flute | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | still | determined *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **try** | to-infinitive | | fiddler's luck | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality | | 5 | **be** | | | | | | | of courage and daring | tree rules | | 6 | **set out** | past | fiddler | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **resolve** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | to-infinitive | fiddler *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **secure** | infinitive | fiddler *not said here* | the hidden treasure | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition treasure=Theme | | 10 | **warn** | | | fiddler's companions | | | | | nom warning «communication 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/33/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)