--- title: ‘Then climb up the tree and see what it is,’ and the slave climbed u… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Then climb up the tree and see what it is,’ and the slave climbed up, and came back and told his master that a beautiful girl was sitting up there, and that it must have been her tears which had fallen on the face of the king’s son. Who acts: you, slave, beautiful girl, tears. 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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 (you, slave, beautiful girl, tears), 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:pg3454:20:106 # text = ‘Then climb up the tree and see what it is,’ and the slave climbed up, and came back and told his master that a beautiful girl was sitting up there, and that it must have been her tears which had fallen on the face of the king’s son. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 climb climb VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 climbed climb VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 iobj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 33 up up ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 cop _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tree | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | present | slave | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **climb up** | participle | the slave | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come back** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | man's master | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent master=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **sit up** | past · progressive | a beautiful girl | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | participle | | Girl's tears | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **fall** | past · perfect | Girl's tears | | | the face of the king's son | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on face=Location | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/105/) - next →: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 21, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/1/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/)