--- title: ‘Then go and bring them here, and I will wait,’ said the king, and t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Then go and bring them here, and I will wait,’ said the king, and the boy ran off and told the sisters that a great chief, with strings of jewels round his neck, had sent for them. Who acts: I, boy. 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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, boy), 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:pg3454:23:2 # text = ‘Then go and bring them here, and I will wait,’ said the king, and the boy ran off and told the sisters that a great chief, with strings of jewels round his neck, had sent for them. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 iobj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 obj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 37 round round ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | then | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | infinitive | | girls *= girl* | | here | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **wait** | future | I | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **run off** | past | the boy | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the boy *not said here* | | the sisters | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient | | 7 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | a great chief with strings of jewels round boy's neck | | | | for girls *= girl* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination that=Theme | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/3/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/)