--- title: Moti, of course, was a country lad and had lived with cattle all his… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Moti, of course, was a country lad and had lived with cattle all his life, and he wasn’t rich and he wasn’t proud, so he just borrowed a bed from the innkeeper, set it down beside an old buffalo who reminded him of home, and in five minutes was fast asleep. 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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 (Moti, old buffalo, country lad), 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:pg3454:15:46 # text = Moti, of course, was a country lad and had lived with cattle all his life, and he wasn’t rich and he wasn’t proud, so he just borrowed a bed from the innkeeper, set it down beside an old buffalo who reminded him of home, and in five minutes was fast asleep. 1 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 lived live VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 conj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 cattle cattle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 22 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 27 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 just just ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 borrowed borrow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 innkeeper innkeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 down down ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 43 beside beside ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 buffalo buffalo NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 reminded remind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 59 advmod _ _ 59 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Moti | a country lad | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | past · perfect | Moti *not said here* | | | | | with cattle Moti's life | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with cattle=Location | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | Moti | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | Moti | | | | | proud *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **borrow** | past | Moti | a bed | | the innkeeper | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bed=Theme from innkeeper=Source | | 6 | **set down** | infinitive | | bed | | a old buffalo | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme beside buffalo=Destination | | 7 | **remind** *speech: other* | past | a old buffalo | | Moti | | | of home | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of home=Topic | | 8 | **is** | past | a country lad *not said here* | | | | minute | asleep, fast *property* | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/47/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/)