--- title: But Moti declared that he had got the animal in exchange for fifty p… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Moti declared that he had got the animal in exchange for fifty pieces of silver, whilst the horse merchants vowed that the money they had on them was what they had received for the sale of other horses; and in one way and another the dispute got so confusing that the king (who really thought tha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/65/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/) / 65 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 65 But Moti declared that he had got the animal in exchange for fifty pieces of silver, whilst the horse merchants vowed that the money they had on them was what they had received for the sale of other horses; and in one way and another the dispute got so confusing that the king (who really thought that Moti had stolen the horse) said at last, ‘Well, I tell you what I will do. **Who acts:** Moti, horse merchants, merchants, money, king, I · **What happens:** declare, get, vow, have, be, receive · **To what, where:** animal, exchange, money, one way, Moti, last · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Moti, horse merchants, merchants, money), 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:pg3454:15:65 # text = But Moti declared that he had got the animal in exchange for fifty pieces of silver, whilst the horse merchants vowed that the money they had on them was what they had received for the sale of other horses; and in one way and another the dispute got so confusing that the king (who really thought that Moti had stolen the horse) said at last, ‘Well, I tell you what I will do. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 parataxis _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sale sale NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 45 nmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 dispute dispute NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 confusing confusing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 56 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 58 really really ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 acl _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 ccomp _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 63 punct _ _ 67 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 68 at at ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 75 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 Well well INTJ UH _ 75 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 74 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 75 nsubj _ _ 75 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 75 iobj _ _ 77 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 80 obj _ _ 78 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 80 nsubj _ _ 79 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | Moti | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past · perfect | Moti | the animal | | exchange | | for fifty pieces of silver | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent animal=Theme for piece=Source | | 3 | **vow** | past | the horse merchants | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | merchants *= merchant* | the money *not said here* | | | | on pieces *= piece* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | the money | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **receive** | past · perfect | merchants *= merchant* | | | | | for the sale of other horses | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **get** | past | Moti *not said here* | | | one way another | | confusing *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the king | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive | | Moti | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary horse=Theme | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | last | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | I | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **do** | future | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/66/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/)