--- title: This took many days, and when at last they found the young man in th… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This took many days, and when at last they found the young man in the weaver’s cottage, he was so dirty and ugly and had such a strange appearance, that they declared he could not be the winner they had been searching for, but a wicked robber who had murdered ever so many people, but had always mana --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/50/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/) / 50 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 50 This took many days, and when at last they found the young man in the weaver’s cottage, he was so dirty and ugly and had such a strange appearance, that they declared he could not be the winner they had been searching for, but a wicked robber who had murdered ever so many people, but had always managed to escape. **Who acts:** This, messengers, race, wicked robber · **What happens:** take, find, be, have, declare, not be · **To what, where:** young man, cottage, strange appearance, winner, many people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, messengers, race, wicked robber), 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:pg3454:17:50 # text = This took many days, and when at last they found the young man in the weaver’s cottage, he was so dirty and ugly and had such a strange appearance, that they declared he could not be the winner they had been searching for, but a wicked robber who had murdered ever so many people, but had always managed to escape. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 weaver weaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 32 det:predet _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 winner winner NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 aux _ _ 46 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 murdered murder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 55 advmod _ _ 57 so so ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 but but CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 64 advmod _ _ 64 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | This | | | | day | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | past | messengers *= messenger* | the young man | | the weaver's cottage | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | race | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | race *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | This *not said here* | such strange appearance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Patient | | 6 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | messengers *= messenger* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **is a** | could | race | the winner | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **search** | past · perfect · progressive | messengers *= messenger* | the winner *not said here* | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent winner=Location | | 9 | **murder** | past · perfect | a wicked robber | many people | | | ever | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 10 | **manage** | past · perfect | This *not said here* | | | | | always *property* | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **escape** | to-infinitive | This *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/51/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)