--- title: ‘I will wager,’ he cried, as he pushed quickly through the bushes wh… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I will wager,’ he cried, as he pushed quickly through the bushes which hid the cabin--‘I will wager that I will steal the sheep from the man that is coming before he passes here.’ Who acts: I, shepherd, bushes, 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 (I, shepherd, bushes, 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:pg3454:2:23 # text = ‘I will wager,’ he cried, as he pushed quickly through the bushes which hid the cabin--‘I will wager that I will steal the sheep from the man that is coming before he passes here.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 wager wager VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 cabin cabin NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 -- -- PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 wager wager VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 before before SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 passes pass VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 41 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wager** | future | I | | | | | | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | shepherd | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **push** | past | shepherd | | | the bushes | | quickly *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through bush=Trajectory | | 4 | **hide** | past | the bushes | the cabin | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabin=Patient | | 5 | **wager** | future | I | | | | | | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **steal** | future | I | the sheep | | | | from the man | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme from man=Source | | 7 | **come** | present · progressive | the man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pass** | present | shepherd | | | here | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/24/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/)