--- title: ‘And if we, who live close by the forest, do not know, you may be su… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘And if we, who live close by the forest, do not know, you may be sure no one does,’ added the eldest, who was rather cross at finding this was all that the king wanted of them. Who acts: we, you, one, 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 (we, you, one, 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:pg3454:23:5 # text = ‘And if we, who live close by the forest, do not know, you may be sure no one does,’ added the eldest, who was rather cross at finding this was all that the king wanted of them. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 ccomp _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 26 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 rather rather ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 34 at at SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 finding find VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 36 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 ccomp _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | we | | | | | close *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **know** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | may | you | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | present | no one | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | no one *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | cross *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **find** | gerund | | this | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 8 | **want** | past | the king | | | | | of girls *= girl* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/6/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/)