--- title: Then the deer entered, and the fisher’s son was restored to life, an… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the deer entered, and the fisher’s son was restored to life, and bidding him follow her, she ran on to a little white cottage where dwelt an old woman and her son, who was thin and dark. Who acts: deer, life, son. 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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 (deer, life, son), 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:pg3454:16:97 # text = Then the deer entered, and the fisher’s son was restored to life, and bidding him follow her, she ran on to a little white cottage where dwelt an old woman and her son, who was thin and dark. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 deer deer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 on on ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 27 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 28 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 31 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 32 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enter** | past | the deer | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **restore** | past · passive | | the fisher's son | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to life=Recipient | | 3 | **bid** | gerund | the deer *not said here* | son | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **follow** | infinitive | the deer *not said here* | life | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **run on** | past | life | | | a little white cottage | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to cottage=Destination | | 6 | **dwell** | participle | | a old woman and life's son | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme woman=Location | | 7 | **is** | past | life's son | | | | | thin *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | life's son *not said here* | | | | | | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/98/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/16/)