--- title: She said the only plan was to secure the bear’s skin that the prince… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She said the only plan was to secure the bear’s skin that the prince was obliged to put on every morning, and get it burned, and then he couldn’t help being a man night and day, and the enchantment would be at an end. Who acts: mother, only plan, skin, prince. 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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 (mother, only plan, skin, prince), 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:pg3454:13:28 # text = She said the only plan was to secure the bear’s skin that the prince was obliged to put on every morning, and get it burned, and then he couldn’t help being a man night and day, and the enchantment would be at an end. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 33 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 35 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 45 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 49 cop _ _ 47 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | past | the only plan | | | | | secure *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the bear's skin | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 4 | **put** | to-infinitive | | | | | morning | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | infinitive | the only plan *not said here* | skin | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **burn** | participle | skin *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **help** | could | prince | | | | then | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | gerund | | a man night and day | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | would | the enchantment | | | | at a end | | tree rules | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/29/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)