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title: He called his children to the place where he lay on the floor--for n… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He called his children to the place where he lay on the floor--for no one had any beds in that country--and said to his son, ‘I have no herds of cattle to leave you--only the few things there are in the house--for I am a poor man, as you know. Who acts: father, one, I, herds. A sentence of «The Lila
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 41

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He called his children to the place where he lay on the floor--for no one had any beds in that country--and said to his son, ‘I have no herds of cattle to leave you--only the few things there are in the house--for I am a poor man, as you know.

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**Who acts:** father, one, I, herds, you · **What happens:** call, lie, have, say, leave, be · **To what, where:** children, place, floor, beds, country, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (father, one, I, herds), 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:pg3454:20:41
# text = He called his children to the place where he lay on the floor--for no one had any beds in that country--and said to his son, ‘I have no herds of cattle to leave you--only the few things there are in the house--for I am a poor man, as you know.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
19	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
20	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
34	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	35	det	_	_
35	herds	herd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	_
40	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	only	only	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
46	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	47	expl	_	_
47	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	acl:relcl	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
53	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
54	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	cop	_	_
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	61	mark	_	_
60	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	61	nsubj	_	_
61	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | father | father's children | the place |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Topic to place=Recipient |
| 2 | **lie** | past | father |  |  | the floor |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location |
| 3 | **have** | past | no one | any beds |  | that country |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Patient |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  | father's son |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to son=Recipient |
| 5 | **have** | present | I | no herds of cattle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **leave** | to-infinitive | no herds of cattle *not said here* | you |  |  |  | the few things *obl* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | for a poor man | tree rules |
| 8 | **know** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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