--- title: A sorceress, that had a beautiful daughter, wished me for her son-in… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A sorceress, that had a beautiful daughter, wished me for her son-in-law; but the mother got power over me, and when I refused to wed her daughter she made me take the form of a bear by day, and I was to continue so till a lady would marry me of her own free will, and endure five years of great tria --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/2/) [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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/) / 2 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 2 A sorceress, that had a beautiful daughter, wished me for her son-in-law; but the mother got power over me, and when I refused to wed her daughter she made me take the form of a bear by day, and I was to continue so till a lady would marry me of her own free will, and endure five years of great trials after.’ **Who acts:** sorceress, mother, I, me, lady · **What happens:** have, wish, get, refuse, not wed, make · **To what, where:** beautiful daughter, me, power, daughter, form, bear This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sorceress, mother, I, me), 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:pg3454:13:2 # text = A sorceress, that had a beautiful daughter, wished me for her son-in-law; but the mother got power over me, and when I refused to wed her daughter she made me take the form of a bear by day, and I was to continue so till a lady would marry me of her own free will, and endure five years of great trials after.’ 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 24 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 till till SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 57 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 61 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 62 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 endure endure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 68 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 69 nummod _ _ 69 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obl:unmarked _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 nmod _ _ 73 after after ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 67 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 67 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | a sorceress | a beautiful daughter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **wish** | past | a sorceress | me | | | | for sorceress's son in law | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme | | 3 | **get** | past | the mother | power | | | | over me | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer power=Stimulus | | 4 | **refuse** | past | I | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **wed** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | sorceress's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 6 | **make** | past | mother | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the form of a bear | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | I | | | | | continue *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **marry** | would | a lady | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 10 | **endure** | present | | | | | | after *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **form** | | | a bear | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/3/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)