--- title: ‘Well, this is my judgment,’ replied the judge, when they had all sp… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well, this is my judgment,’ replied the judge, when they had all spoken: ‘Let the accused sit under the wall, and let the sons of the dead man jump from the top and fall on him and kill him, and if they will not to this, then they are condemned to pay eight hundred pounds for their false accusation --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/) / 33 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 33 ‘Well, this is my judgment,’ replied the judge, when they had all spoken: ‘Let the accused sit under the wall, and let the sons of the dead man jump from the top and fall on him and kill him, and if they will not to this, then they are condemned to pay eight hundred pounds for their false accusation.’ **Who acts:** this, judgment, sons · **What happens:** be, reply, speak, let, accuse, jump · **To what, where:** judgment, judge, sons, accused sit, wall, top · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (this, judgment, sons), 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:pg3454:20:33 # text = ‘Well, this is my judgment,’ replied the judge, when they had all spoken: ‘Let the accused sit under the wall, and let the sons of the dead man jump from the top and fall on him and kill him, and if they will not to this, then they are condemned to pay eight hundred pounds for their false accusation.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 sit sit NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 under under ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 60 advmod _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 64 compound _ _ 64 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 nummod _ _ 65 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obj _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 accusation accusation NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 60 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this | my judgment | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | my judgment | the judge | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent judge=Topic | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | sons *= son* | | | | all *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | the accused sit | | the wall | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sit=Theme | | 5 | **accuse** | participle | | | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | the sons of the dead man | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **jump** | infinitive | the sons of the dead man *not said here* | | | the top | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from top=Trajectory | | 8 | **fall** | infinitive | the sons of the dead man *not said here* | | | | | on man | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location | | 9 | **kill** | infinitive | the sons of the dead man *not said here* | man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **condemn** | present · passive | | sons *= son* | | | then | | tree rules | | 11 | **pay** | to-infinitive | | hundred pounds | | | | for sons's false accusation | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pound=Asset for accusation=Theme | | 12 | **accuse** | | sons *= son* | | | | | | nom accusation «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/34/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/20/)