--- title: But the clever flute-player was quite a match for the little man in… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the clever flute-player was quite a match for the little man in cunning, and said: ‘All right, you needn’t be afraid, you shall get your beard back before we part; but you must allow my bride and me to accompany you a bit on your homeward way.’ Who acts: clever flute player, you, me. 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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 (clever flute player, you, me), 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:pg7277:55:70 # text = But the clever flute-player was quite a match for the little man in cunning, and said: ‘All right, you needn’t be afraid, you shall get your beard back before we part; but you must allow my bride and me to accompany you a bit on your homeward way.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 4 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 10 det:predet _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 cunning cunning NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 26 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 27 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 before before ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 allow allow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl:unmarked _ _ 54 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 homeward homeward NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the clever flute player | quite match | | | | for the little man in cunning | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **is** | present | you | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get back** | shall | you | your beard | | | before part | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer beard=Stimulus | | 5 | **allow** | must | you | | my bride | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Beneficiary | | 6 | **accompany** | to-infinitive | me | you | | your homeward way | | a bit *obl:unmarked* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme on way=Destination | 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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/71/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)