--- title: And this was the counsel of the Wise Man--that he should invite all… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And this was the counsel of the Wise Man--that he should invite all the people in the countryside to a ball, and among them the bold and impudent thief would be sure to come, and would be sure to ask the king’s daughter to dance with him. Who acts: this, man, bold thief. 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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 (this, man, bold thief), 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:pg3454:2:94 # text = And this was the counsel of the Wise Man--that he should invite all the people in the countryside to a ball, and among them the bold and impudent thief would be sure to come, and would be sure to ask the king’s daughter to dance with him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 -- -- PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 countryside countryside NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 26 among among ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 impudent impudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 32 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 parataxis _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 ccomp _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | this | the counsel | | | | of the Wise Man | tree rules | | 2 | **invite** | should | man | | all people | the countryside | | to a ball | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | would | the bold thief | | | | | among people; sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | the bold thief *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | would | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | the king's daughter | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **dance** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with man | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/95/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/2/)