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title: ‘I shall certainly be condemned for one or other of them,’ thought h… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘I shall certainly be condemned for one or other of them,’ thought he sadly; ‘and after all, if I have to die, I would rather choose my own death than leave it to my enemies,’ and as soon as he entered Evora he looked about for a place suitable for carrying out the plan he had made. Who acts: I, bro
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 2

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‘I shall certainly be condemned for one or other of them,’ thought he sadly; ‘and after all, if I have to die, I would rather choose my own death than leave it to my enemies,’ and as soon as he entered Evora he looked about for a place suitable for carrying out the plan he had made.

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**Who acts:** I, brother, my · **What happens:** condemn, think, have, die, choose, leave · **To what, where:** I, own death, death, enemies, Evora, plan

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, brother, my), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:20:2
# text = ‘I shall certainly be condemned for one or other of them,’ thought he sadly; ‘and after all, if I have to die, I would rather choose my own death than leave it to my enemies,’ and as soon as he entered Evora he looked about for a place suitable for carrying out the plan he had made.
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	condemned	condemn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
15	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	58	punct	_	_
19	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
21	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	58	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
24	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
25	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
31	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	acl:relcl	_	_
34	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
35	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
37	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
38	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	advcl	_	_
39	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
46	as	as	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	53	advmod	_	_
48	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	advcl	_	_
51	Evora	Evora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
54	about	about	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
55	for	for	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
58	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
59	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
60	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	58	advcl	_	_
61	out	out	ADP	RP	_	60	compound:prt	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
65	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
66	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	63	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **condemn** | shall · passive |  | I |  |  |  | for one; certainly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for one=Attribute |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **die** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 5 | **choose** | would | I | my own death |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |
| 6 | **leave** | infinitive | I *not said here* | death | my enemies |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to enemy=Recipient |
| 7 | **enter** | past | brother |  | Evora |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evora=Destination |
| 8 | **look** | past | brother |  |  |  |  | for a place; about, soon *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for place=Theme |
| 9 | **carry out** | gerund |  | the plan |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Eventuality |
| 10 | **make** | past · perfect | brother | the plan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product |
| 11 | **die** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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