--- title: I must show it to the king,’ he said, and when the king saw it he de… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I must show it to the king,’ he said, and when the king saw it he declared he would never rest until he had found the tree which bore it, even if he had to spend the rest of his life in visiting the islands that lay all round. Who acts: I, king, tree, islands. 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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 (I, king, tree, islands), 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:pg3454:22:97 # text = I must show it to the king,’ he said, and when the king saw it he declared he would never rest until he had found the tree which bore it, even if he had to spend the rest of his life in visiting the islands that lay all round. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 until until SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 in in SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 visiting visit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 islands island NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 all all ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 round round ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | must | I | trunk | the king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to king=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | the king | trunk | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | king | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **rest** | would | king | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past · perfect | king | the tree | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Topic | | 7 | **bear** | past | the tree | trunk | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 8 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **spend** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the rest of king's life | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Asset | | 10 | **visit** | gerund | king *not said here* | the islands | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Co-Agent | | 11 | **lay** | present | the islands | | | | | round *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/98/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)