--- title: ‘If the man has poisoned you he shall pay for it,’ said her husband,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If the man has poisoned you he shall pay for it,’ said her husband, and seizing a thick stick he ran downstairs and began to beat the poor man, who had been sound asleep, and had nothing to defend himself with. Who acts: man, poor man. 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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 (man, poor man), 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:pg3454:19:84 # text = ‘If the man has poisoned you he shall pay for it,’ said her husband, and seizing a thick stick he ran downstairs and began to beat the poor man, who had been sound asleep, and had nothing to defend himself with. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 seizing seize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 downstairs downstairs ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 beat beat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 cop _ _ 38 sound sound ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 43 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ _ 46 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 45 obj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poison** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect · passive | | the man | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient you=Result | | 2 | **pay** | shall | man | | | | | for supper | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | wife's husband | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | | 4 | **seize** | gerund | | a thick stick | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme | | 5 | **run** | past | man | a thick stick *not said here* | | | | downstairs *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stick=Trajectory | | 6 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **beat** | to-infinitive | | the poor man | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past · perfect | the poor man | | | | | asleep, sound *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **have** | past | | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 10 | **defend** | to-infinitive | | man | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/85/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/19/)