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title: ‘Well, perhaps you are right,’ answered the farmer, ‘but the sooner… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Well, perhaps you are right,’ answered the farmer, ‘but the sooner that fellow has his deserts, the better I shall be pleased,’ and without more words he went to the stables and brought out a horse for himself and also the black Andalusian mare ridden by the rich man, while the poor brother, fearin
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 88

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‘Well, perhaps you are right,’ answered the farmer, ‘but the sooner that fellow has his deserts, the better I shall be pleased,’ and without more words he went to the stables and brought out a horse for himself and also the black Andalusian mare ridden by the rich man, while the poor brother, fearing more ill-treatment, started at once on foot.

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**Who acts:** you, fellow, I, black Andalusian mare, poor brother · **What happens:** be, answer, have, go, bring out, ride · **To what, where:** farmer, deserts, more words, horse, poor brother, ill treatment

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, fellow, I, black Andalusian mare), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:19:88
# text = ‘Well, perhaps you are right,’ answered the farmer, ‘but the sooner that fellow has his deserts, the better I shall be pleased,’ and without more words he went to the stables and brought out a horse for himself and also the black Andalusian mare ridden by the rich man, while the poor brother, fearing more ill-treatment, started at once on foot.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Well	well	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
10	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
14	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	20	advmod	_	_
18	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	det	_	_
19	fellow	fellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	deserts	desert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	20	parataxis	_	_
26	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
27	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	cop	_	_
29	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	without	without	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	35	amod	_	_
35	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	conj	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	_	_
38	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
43	out	out	ADP	RP	_	42	compound:prt	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
46	for	for	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	42	obl	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
49	also	also	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
51	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
52	Andalusian	Andalusian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	compound	_	_
53	mare	mare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	_
54	ridden	ride	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	acl	_	_
55	by	by	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
60	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
62	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
65	fearing	fear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	63	acl	_	_
66	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	67	advmod	_	_
67	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	69	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
71	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	conj	_	_
72	at	at	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	71	obl	_	_
74	on	on	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | perhaps, right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | the farmer |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent farmer=Eventuality |
| 3 | **have** | present | that fellow | fellow's deserts |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | shall | I |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **go** | past | fellow | more words *not said here* |  |  |  | to the stables | tree rules |
| 6 | **bring out** | past | fellow *not said here* | a horse |  |  |  | for fellow | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |
| 7 | **ride** | participle | the black Andalusian mare *not said here* | the poor brother |  |  |  | by the rich man | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **fear** | gerund | the poor brother *not said here* | ill treatment |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treatment=Stimulus |
| 9 | **start** | participle | fellow *not said here* |  |  | foot |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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.

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