--- title: But she was not as skilful as the Wise Man, and the Shifty Lad felt… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But she was not as skilful as the Wise Man, and the Shifty Lad felt the touch of her fingers; so as soon as the dance was over he contrived to place a second black dot on the faces of the twenty men and two more on the Wizard, after which he slipped the bottle into her pocket. 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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 (help, Shifty Lad, Lad), 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:pg3454:2:105 # text = But she was not as skilful as the Wise Man, and the Shifty Lad felt the touch of her fingers; so as soon as the dance was over he contrived to place a second black dot on the faces of the twenty men and two more on the Wizard, after which he slipped the bottle into her pocket. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 skilful skilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Shifty shifty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Lad Lad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 touch touch NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 over over SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 contrived contrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 advcl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 amod _ _ 37 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 dot dot NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 45 conj _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Wizard Wizard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 after after ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 obl _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | help | | | | | as the Wise Man; skilful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **feel** | past | the Shifty Lad | the touch of help's fingers | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent touch=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Lad | | | | | contrive, soon *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **slip** | past | Lad | the bottle | | help's pocket | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | | 5 | **touch** | | | help's fingers | | | | | nom touch «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/106/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/)