--- title: The lion is a red transgressor, so when he comes rise and do him rev… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The lion is a red transgressor, so when he comes rise and do him reverence; take a cloth and rub the dust and earth from his face, then set the game you have taken before him, well cleansed, and lay the hands of respect on your breast. Who acts: lion, prince, you. 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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 (lion, prince, you), 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:pg3282:3:109 # text = The lion is a red transgressor, so when he comes rise and do him reverence; take a cloth and rub the dust and earth from his face, then set the game you have taken before him, well cleansed, and lay the hands of respect on your breast. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 transgressor transgressor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 18 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 rub rub VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 32 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 before before ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 42 cleansed cleanse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 breast breast NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the lion | a red transgressor | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | present | prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rise** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | a cloth | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme | | 6 | **rub** | infinitive | | the dust and earth | | prince's face | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dust=Theme from face=Source | | 7 | **set** | infinitive | | the game | | | before prince; then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent game=Theme before he=Destination | | 8 | **take** | present · perfect | you | the game *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | | 9 | **cleanse** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn groom-41.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **lay** | infinitive | | the hands of respect on your breast | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/110/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/)