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title: All the stories were translated or adapted by Mrs. Lang, except ‘The… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: All the stories were translated or adapted by Mrs. Lang, except ‘The Jogi’s Punishment’ and ‘Moti,’ done by Major Campbell out of the Pushtoo language; ‘How Brave Walter hunted Wolves,’ which, with ‘Little Lasse’ and ‘The Raspberry Worm,’ was done from Topelius by Miss Harding; and ‘The Sea King’s G
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 54

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All the stories were translated or adapted by Mrs. Lang, except ‘The Jogi’s Punishment’ and ‘Moti,’ done by Major Campbell out of the Pushtoo language; ‘How Brave Walter hunted Wolves,’ which, with ‘Little Lasse’ and ‘The Raspberry Worm,’ was done from Topelius by Miss Harding; and ‘The Sea King’s Gift,’ by Miss Christie, from the same author.

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**Who acts:** Miss, Brave, Miss Harding, Jogi · **What happens:** translate, adapt, do, hunt, punish · **To what, where:** stories, Moti, Pushtoo language, Wolves, Topelius

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Miss, Brave, Miss Harding, Jogi), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:1:54
# text = All the stories were translated or adapted by Mrs. Lang, except ‘The Jogi’s Punishment’ and ‘Moti,’ done by Major Campbell out of the Pushtoo language; ‘How Brave Walter hunted Wolves,’ which, with ‘Little Lasse’ and ‘The Raspberry Worm,’ was done from Topelius by Miss Harding; and ‘The Sea King’s Gift,’ by Miss Christie, from the same author.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	3	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	translated	translate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	adapted	adapt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl:agent	_	_
10	Lang	Lang	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	except	except	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Jogi	Jogi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	’s	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	Punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	Moti	Moti	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’	'	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	Major	Major	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	Campbell	Campbell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	out	out	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Pushtoo	Pushtoo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
34	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	38	advmod	_	_
36	Brave	Brave	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
37	Walter	Walter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	flat	_	_
38	hunted	hunt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
39	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	_
42	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	57	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	Lasse	Lasse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	47	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
50	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	Raspberry	Raspberry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	Worm	Worm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	47	punct	_	_
56	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux:pass	_	_
57	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	advcl	_	_
58	from	from	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	Topelius	Topelius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
60	by	by	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	compound	_	_
62	Harding	harding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
65	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	64	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	compound	_	_
68	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	’s	's	PART	POS	_	68	case	_	_
70	Gift	Gift	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	70	punct	_	_
73	by	by	ADP	IN	_	74	case	_	_
74	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	_
75	Christie	Christie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	74	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
77	from	from	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
78	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
79	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	80	amod	_	_
80	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **translate** | past · passive | Miss | all stories |  |  |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **adapt** | participle | Miss *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | participle |  | Moti *not said here* |  | the Pushtoo language |  | by Major Campbell | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hunt** | past | Brave | Wolves |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme |
| 5 | **do** | past · passive | Miss Harding |  |  | Topelius |  | with Little Lasse and the Raspberry Worm | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
| 6 | **punish** |  | the Jogi |  |  |  |  |  | nom punishment «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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