--- title: And the dwarf was forced to do as he was told because the youth stil… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And the dwarf was forced to do as he was told because the youth still kept his beard from him; but the wicked little creature chuckled with joy and thought to himself: ‘The foolish youth will hand me my beard as soon as we have crossed the river, and then my power will return, and I will seize my wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/74/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/) / 74 # The Green Fairy Book, The Three Musicians, sentence 74 And the dwarf was forced to do as he was told because the youth still kept his beard from him; but the wicked little creature chuckled with joy and thought to himself: ‘The foolish youth will hand me my beard as soon as we have crossed the river, and then my power will return, and I will seize my wand and prevent them both ever returning to their beautiful country.’ **Who acts:** dwarf, youth, wicked little creature, foolish youth, we, power · **What happens:** force, do, tell, keep, chuckle, think · **To what, where:** dwarf, beard, youth, me, river, wand · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (dwarf, youth, wicked little creature, foolish youth), 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:pg7277:55:74 # text = And the dwarf was forced to do as he was told because the youth still kept his beard from him; but the wicked little creature chuckled with joy and thought to himself: ‘The foolish youth will hand me my beard as soon as we have crossed the river, and then my power will return, and I will seize my wand and prevent them both ever returning to their beautiful country.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 still still ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 chuckled chuckle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 crossed cross VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 54 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 64 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 conj _ _ 68 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 both both ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 70 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 71 advmod _ _ 71 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 67 advcl _ _ 72 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 74 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force** | past · passive | | the dwarf | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the dwarf *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | dwarf | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **keep** | past | the youth | youth's beard | | | still | from dwarf | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer beard=Beneficiary from he=Eventuality | | 5 | **chuckle** | participle | the wicked little creature | | | | | with joy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the wicked little creature *not said here* | | youth | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hand** | future | the foolish youth | my beard | me | | | soon *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination beard=Theme | | 8 | **cross** | present · perfect | we | the river | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | | 9 | **return** | future | my power | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **seize** | future | I | my wand | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wand=Theme | | 11 | **prevent** | infinitive | I *not said here* | waves *= wave* | | | | both *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme | | 12 | **return** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | ever | to waves's beautiful country *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/75/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)