--- title: The smith asked him to go along with him to the palace, but he refus… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The smith asked him to go along with him to the palace, but he refused; so off set the smith, and the whole townland with him; and wasn’t the king rejoiced when he saw the crowns! Who acts: smith, king. 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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 (smith, king), 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:pg3454:11:81 # text = The smith asked him to go along with him to the palace, but he refused; so off set the smith, and the whole townland with him; and wasn’t the king rejoiced when he saw the crowns! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 along along ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 off off ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 townland townland NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 33 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the smith | | shouting | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **go along** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the smith *not said here* | | | the palace | | with smith; along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **refuse** | past | smith | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | the smith *not said here* | the smith | | | | off *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient smith=Result | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | the king | | | | | rejoice *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | past | smith | the crowns | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crown=Stimulus | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/82/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/11/)