--- title: ‘If he will not come of his own free will, he must be brought,’ said… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If he will not come of his own free will, he must be brought,’ said the king, and the messengers who had seen the face of the victor were sent to seek him in every street of the town. Who acts: race, messengers. 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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, messengers), 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:pg3454:17:49 # text = ‘If he will not come of his own free will, he must be brought,’ said the king, and the messengers who had seen the face of the victor were sent to seek him in every street of the town. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 victor victor NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | race | | | | | free *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | must · passive | | race | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past · perfect | the messengers | the face of the victor | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | | 5 | **send** | past · passive | | the messengers | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the messengers *not said here* | race | | every street of the town | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in street=Location | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/50/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)