--- title: But again he left the prize unclaimed, and so it happened on the thi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But again he left the prize unclaimed, and so it happened on the third day, when it seemed as if all the people in the kingdom were gathered to see the race, for they were filled with curiosity to know who the winner could be. Who acts: race, it. 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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 (race, it), 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:pg3454:17:48 # text = But again he left the prize unclaimed, and so it happened on the third day, when it seemed as if all the people in the kingdom were gathered to see the race, for they were filled with curiosity to know who the winner could be. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 unclaimed unclaimed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 winner winner NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | race | the prize | | | again | unclaimed *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | past | it | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **gather** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | all people in the kingdom | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | | the race | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer race=Stimulus | | 6 | **fill** | past · passive | | people | | | | with curiosity | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with curiosity=Instrument | | 7 | **know** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **can** | could | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/49/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)