--- title: The chamberlain went among the guests, and soon found such a man, bu… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The chamberlain went among the guests, and soon found such a man, but just as he was going to arrest him and bring him before the king his eye fell on another with the same mark, and another, and another, till he had counted twenty--besides the Wise Man--on whose face were found spots. 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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 (chamberlain, man, eye), 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:pg3454:2:107 # text = The chamberlain went among the guests, and soon found such a man, but just as he was going to arrest him and bring him before the king his eye fell on another with the same mark, and another, and another, till he had counted twenty--besides the Wise Man--on whose face were found spots. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 among among ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 13 det:predet _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 arrest arrest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 32 obl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 till till SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 50 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 besides besides ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 -- -- PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 advcl _ _ 62 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the chamberlain | | | | | among the guests | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme among guest=Location | | 2 | **find** | past | the chamberlain *not said here* | such man | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic | | 3 | **go** | past · progressive | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **arrest** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **bring** | infinitive | man *not said here* | man | | | before the king | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme before king=Destination | | 6 | **fall** | past | man's eye | the king *not said here* | | another | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient king=Result | | 7 | **count** | past · perfect | man | twenty | | | | besides the Wise Man | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twenty=Theme | | 8 | **find** | past · passive | man *not said here* | spots | | face | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: spot=Topic | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/106/) - next →: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/1/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/)