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title: But the little grey dwarf began now to demand his beard again from t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But the little grey dwarf began now to demand his beard again from the youth, for in his wicked heart he was determined to make an end of all their happiness; he knew that if only his beard were once more on his chin, he would be able to do what he liked with them all. Who acts: little grey dwarf, d
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# The Green Fairy Book, The Three Musicians, sentence 69

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But the little grey dwarf began now to demand his beard again from the youth, for in his wicked heart he was determined to make an end of all their happiness; he knew that if only his beard were once more on his chin, he would be able to do what he liked with them all.

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**Who acts:** little grey dwarf, dwarf, beard · **What happens:** begin, demand, be, make, know, do · **To what, where:** beard, youth, wicked heart, end, apartments · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Musicians. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little grey dwarf, dwarf, beard), 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:pg7277:55:69
# text = But the little grey dwarf began now to demand his beard again from the youth, for in his wicked heart he was determined to make an end of all their happiness; he knew that if only his beard were once more on his chin, he would be able to do what he liked with them all.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	demand	demand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	determined	determined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	acl:relcl	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	_	_
27	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	32	det:predet	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
36	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
37	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
38	only	only	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
41	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
42	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	43	advmod	_	_
43	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	51	advmod	_	_
44	on	on	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
49	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	cop	_	_
51	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	ccomp	_	_
52	to	to	PART	TO	_	53	mark	_	_
53	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	xcomp	_	_
54	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	56	obj	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	advcl	_	_
57	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	obj	_	_
59	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	58	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the little grey dwarf |  |  |  | now |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | the little grey dwarf *not said here* | dwarf's beard |  | the youth | again | for dwarf's wicked heart | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme beard=Precondition from youth=Source |
| 3 | **is** | past | dwarf | dwarf's wicked heart *not said here* |  |  |  | determined *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | dwarf *not said here* | a end of apartments's happiness |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset end=Product |
| 5 | **know** | past | dwarf |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | dwarf's beard |  |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | would | dwarf |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | dwarf *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **like** | past | dwarf | apartments *= apartment* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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