--- title: As her brother listened, he would fain have left the house and hidde… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As her brother listened, he would fain have left the house and hidden himself in the forest, but it was his duty to wave the fan of peacock’s feathers over the king’s head to keep off the flies, and he knew he would be seized by the royal guards if he tried to desert his post. 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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 (brother, house, royal guards), 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:pg3454:22:47 # text = As her brother listened, he would fain have left the house and hidden himself in the forest, but it was his duty to wave the fan of peacock’s feathers over the king’s head to keep off the flies, and he knew he would be seized by the royal guards if he tried to desert his post. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 15 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 duty duty NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 wave wave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ’s 's PART POS _ 30 case _ _ 32 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 33 over over ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 flies fly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 ccomp _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 55 if if SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 desert desert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | am's brother | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **leave** | would · perfect | brother | the house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | participle | brother *not said here* | brother | | the forest | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in forest=Location | | 4 | **is a** | past | house | brother's duty | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wave** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | the fan of peacock's feathers | | the king's head | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Patient | | 6 | **keep off** | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | the flies | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme | | 7 | **know** | past | brother | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **seize** | would · passive | the royal guards | brother | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 9 | **try** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | brother | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **desert** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | brother *not said here* | brother's post | | | | | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme post=Source | 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/48/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)