--- title: ‘I will gladly remain and shoot the deer for you,’ replied the youth… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I will gladly remain and shoot the deer for you,’ replied the youth, and that night he hid himself and watched till the deer came to the cornfield; then he lifted his gun to his shoulder and was just going to pull the trigger, when, behold! instead of a deer, a woman with long black hair was standi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/72/) [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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/) / 72 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 72 ‘I will gladly remain and shoot the deer for you,’ replied the youth, and that night he hid himself and watched till the deer came to the cornfield; then he lifted his gun to his shoulder and was just going to pull the trigger, when, behold! instead of a deer, a woman with long black hair was standing there. **Who acts:** I, youth, deer, long black hair · **What happens:** remain, shoot, reply, hide, watch, come · **To what, where:** deer, youth, cornfield, gun, shoulder, trigger This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, youth, deer, long black hair), 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:pg3454:16:72 # text = ‘I will gladly remain and shoot the deer for you,’ replied the youth, and that night he hid himself and watched till the deer came to the cornfield; then he lifted his gun to his shoulder and was just going to pull the trigger, when, behold! instead of a deer, a woman with long black hair was standing there. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 till till SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 cornfield cornfield NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 just just ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 pull pull VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 trigger trigger NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 behold behold INTJ UH _ 45 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ! ! PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ 55 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 58 case _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 55 fixed _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 deer deer NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 appos _ _ 62 with with SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 63 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 64 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 amod _ _ 65 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 acl _ _ 68 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 67 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remain** | future | I | | | | | gladly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **shoot** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the deer | | | | for you | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deer=Theme | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | the youth | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent youth=Topic | | 4 | **hide** | past | youth | youth | | | night | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 5 | **watch** | past | youth *not said here* | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | past | the deer | | | the cornfield | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to cornfield=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **lift** | past | youth | youth's gun | | youth's shoulder | then | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gun=Theme to shoulder=Destination | | 8 | **go** | past · progressive | youth *not said here* | | | | | instead a deer | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **pull** | to-infinitive | youth *not said here* | the trigger | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trigger=Theme | | 10 | **stand** | past · progressive | long black hair | a woman *not said here* | | there | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/73/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)