--- title: The smallest one is called “Salt,” and will bring you food whenever… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The smallest one is called “Salt,” and will bring you food whenever you wish; the second is called “Pepper,” and will tear anyone to pieces who offers to hurt you; and the great big strong one is called “Mustard,” and is so powerful that it will break iron or steel with its teeth.’ Who acts: you, pi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/12/) [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 Dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/) / 12 # The Green Fairy Book, The Three Dogs, sentence 12 The smallest one is called “Salt,” and will bring you food whenever you wish; the second is called “Pepper,” and will tear anyone to pieces who offers to hurt you; and the great big strong one is called “Mustard,” and is so powerful that it will break iron or steel with its teeth.’ **Who acts:** you, pieces, food · **What happens:** call, bring, wish, tear, offer, hurt · **To what, where:** smallest one, food, you, second, anyone, great big strong one · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dogs. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, pieces, food), 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:pg7277:56:12 # text = The smallest one is called “Salt,” and will bring you food whenever you wish; the second is called “Pepper,” and will tear anyone to pieces who offers to hurt you; and the great big strong one is called “Mustard,” and is so powerful that it will break iron or steel with its teeth.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Salt salt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Pepper pepper NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ” " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 tear tear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 30 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 offers offer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 42 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 Mustard mustard NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 advcl _ _ 59 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 60 or or CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 62 with with ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present · passive | | the smallest one | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **bring** | future | | food | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination food=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | present | you | | | | | whenever *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **call** | present · passive | | the second | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **tear** | future | | anyone | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient to piece=Result | | 6 | **offer** | present | pieces | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | pieces *not said here* | you | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient | | 8 | **call** | present · passive | | the great big strong one | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 9 | **is** | present | | | | | | powerful *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **break** | future | food | iron or steel | | | | with food's teeth | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent iron=Patient with tooth=Instrument | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/13/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dogs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/56/)