--- title: When they got to the edge of the lake what did they find but the bea… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they got to the edge of the lake what did they find but the beautifullest boat you ever saw in your life; and says the eldest, ‘I’ll take a sail in this fine boat’; and says the second eldest, ‘I’ll take a sail in this fine boat’; and says the youngest, ‘I won’t take a sail in that fine boat, f --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/84/) [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 Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/) / 84 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 84 When they got to the edge of the lake what did they find but the beautifullest boat you ever saw in your life; and says the eldest, ‘I’ll take a sail in this fine boat’; and says the second eldest, ‘I’ll take a sail in this fine boat’; and says the youngest, ‘I won’t take a sail in that fine boat, for I am afraid it’s an enchanted one.’ **Who acts:** king, beautifullest boat, I · **What happens:** get, find, see, say, take, not take · **To what, where:** lake, life, eldest, sail, fine boat, youngest · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, beautifullest boat, I), 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:pg3454:10:84 # text = When they got to the edge of the lake what did they find but the beautifullest boat you ever saw in your life; and says the eldest, ‘I’ll take a sail in this fine boat’; and says the second eldest, ‘I’ll take a sail in this fine boat’; and says the youngest, ‘I won’t take a sail in that fine boat, for I am afraid it’s an enchanted one.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 beautifullest beautifull ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 17 amod _ _ 17 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 20 advmod _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 38 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 nsubj _ _ 46 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 56 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ; ; PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 68 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 ccomp _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 sail sail NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 72 in in ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 75 det _ _ 74 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 77 for for SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 78 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 79 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 cop _ _ 80 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 advcl _ _ 81 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 80 ccomp _ _ 83 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 84 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 85 amod _ _ 85 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 82 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 87 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | king | | | | | to the edge of the lake *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to edge=Result | | 2 | **find** | past · do-support | king | the lake | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **see** | past | the beautifullest boat | | | your life | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the eldest | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | future | I | a sail | | this fine boat | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sail=Value in boat=Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **take** | future | I | a sail | | this fine boat | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sail=Value in boat=Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the youngest | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **take** | future | I | a sail | | that fine boat | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sail=Value in boat=Location | | 10 | **is** | present | I | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/85/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/10/)