--- title: Quite certain that they would forget something which they could not… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Quite certain that they would forget something which they could not do without, Puck waited patiently till they were jogging along in their cart on their return journey, and changed himself into a fly in order to overhear their conversation. Who acts: shepherds, Puck. 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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 (shepherds, Puck), 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:pg3454:10:45 # text = Quite certain that they would forget something which they could not do without, Puck waited patiently till they were jogging along in their cart on their return journey, and changed himself into a fly in order to overhear their conversation. 1 Quite quite ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 without without ADP IN _ 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 Puck Puck PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 patiently patiently ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 till till SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 jogging jog VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 22 along along ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 overhear overhear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 conversation conversation NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | would | shepherds *= shepherd* | something | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **do** | could | shepherds *= shepherd* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 3 | **wait** | past | Puck | | | | | patiently *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **jog** | past · progressive | shepherds *= shepherd* | | | shepherds's cart | | on shepherds's return journey; along *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cart=Trajectory | | 5 | **change** | past | | Puck | | order | | into a fly *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into fly=Result | | 6 | **overhear** | to-infinitive | | shepherds's conversation | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer conversation=Stimulus | | 7 | **journey** | | shepherds *= shepherd* | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **converse** | | shepherds *= shepherd* | | | | | | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/46/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/)