--- title: 'I like not to leave the deer on the hill and the fish in the rivers… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'I like not to leave the deer on the hill and the fish in the rivers, and sit in judgment on my people,' said Oireal, when he had listened to the words of the chief of the council. Who acts: I, Oireal. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 15, with its dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/56/) [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 Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/) / 56 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 15, sentence 56 'I like not to leave the deer on the hill and the fish in the rivers, and sit in judgment on my people,' said Oireal, when he had listened to the words of the chief of the council. **Who acts:** I, Oireal · **What happens:** like, not leave, sit, say, listen, word · **To what, where:** deer, hill, judgment, chief · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Oireal), 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:pg3027:15:56 # text = 'I like not to leave the deer on the hill and the fish in the rivers, and sit in judgment on my people,' said Oireal, when he had listened to the words of the chief of the council. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 sit sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 Oireal Oireal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the deer | | the hill and the fish in the rivers | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent deer=Theme on hill=Location | | 3 | **sit** | present | I *not said here* | | | judgment | | on my people | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in judgment=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Oireal | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **listen** | past · perfect | Oireal | | | | | to the words of the chief of the council | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme | | 6 | **word** | | | the chief of the council | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/57/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/)