--- title: No one could answer him, but as they were about to pass out of the f… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No one could answer him, but as they were about to pass out of the forest a little boy went by, and the king stopped and inquired if there was anyone living in the neighbourhood whom he might question. Who acts: one, trees, little boy, king. 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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 (one, trees, little boy, king), 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:pg3454:22:100 # text = No one could answer him, but as they were about to pass out of the forest a little boy went by, and the king stopped and inquired if there was anyone living in the neighbourhood whom he might question. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 nsubj _ _ 34 living live VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 neighbourhood neighbourhood NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 question question VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | could | no one | | king | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | trees *= tree* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pass out** | to-infinitive | trees *= tree* *not said here* | the forest | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent forest=Theme | | 4 | **go by** | past | a little boy | the forest *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location forest=Theme | | 5 | **stop** | past | the king | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anyone | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **live** | gerund | | | | the neighbourhood | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in neighbourhood=Location | | 9 | **question** *speech: other* | might | king | | the neighbourhood | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Recipient | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/99/) - next →: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 23, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/1/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)