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title: By this time he did not mind what befell him, so sure was he that th… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: By this time he did not mind what befell him, so sure was he that the deer would take care of him, and in the evening that which had happened before happened again--the four robbers were put to death and the fisher’s son also, but because there was no food left for them to eat, they were nearly mad 
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16, sentence 95

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By this time he did not mind what befell him, so sure was he that the deer would take care of him, and in the evening that which had happened before happened again--the four robbers were put to death and the fisher’s son also, but because there was no food left for them to eat, they were nearly mad with rage, and began to quarrel.

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**Who acts:** wax, deer, evening, food · **What happens:** not mind, befall, be, take, happen, put · **To what, where:** wax, care, four robbers, food

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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 (wax, deer, evening, food), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:16:95
# text = By this time he did not mind what befell him, so sure was he that the deer would take care of him, and in the evening that which had happened before happened again--the four robbers were put to death and the fisher’s son also, but because there was no food left for them to eat, they were nearly mad with rage, and began to quarrel.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	mind	mind	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	befell	befall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	advcl	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
19	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	_
21	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
29	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	nsubj	_	_
31	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	acl:relcl	_	_
33	before	before	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
35	again	again	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	39	nummod	_	_
39	robbers	robber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	fisher	fisher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	’s	's	PART	POS	_	46	case	_	_
48	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
49	also	also	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
51	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
52	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
53	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	54	expl	_	_
54	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	cop	_	_
55	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	56	det	_	_
56	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
57	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	acl	_	_
58	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
59	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
63	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
64	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	cop	_	_
65	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
67	with	with	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	conj	_	_
72	to	to	PART	TO	_	73	mark	_	_
73	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mind** | past · do-support | wax |  |  |  | time |  | vn care-88.1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **befall** | past |  | wax |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | wax |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **take** | would | the deer | care |  |  |  | of wax | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of he=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **happen** | past · perfect | the evening |  |  |  |  | before *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **happen** | past | the evening |  |  |  | again |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **put** | past · passive |  | the four robbers |  |  |  | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |
| 8 | **leave** | participle |  | no food *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **eat** | to-infinitive | food |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **is** | past | food |  |  |  |  | with rage; mad, nearly *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **begin** | past | food *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 12 | **quarrel** | to-infinitive | food *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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