--- title: Then the little man with the beard entered as before and seated hims… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the little man with the beard entered as before and seated himself beside the flute-player, who wasn’t the least startled at his appearance, but chatted away to him as if he had known him all his life. Who acts: little man. 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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 (little man), 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:pg7277:55:35 # text = Then the little man with the beard entered as before and seated himself beside the flute-player, who wasn’t the least startled at his appearance, but chatted away to him as if he had known him all his life. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 before before ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 12 obj _ _ 14 beside beside ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 least least ADV RBS Degree=Sup 25 advmod _ _ 25 startled startle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl:relcl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 chatted chat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | the little man with the beard | | | | then | before *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seat** | past | the little man with the beard *not said here* | man | | the flute player | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location himself=Value | | 3 | **not** **startle** | past · passive | | the flute player | | fiddler's appearance | | least *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **chat away** *speech: other* | past | the little man with the beard *not said here* | | fiddler | | | away *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** | past · perfect · passive | | fiddler | | | | fiddler's life *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/36/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)