--- title: ‘Ahti,’ said they, ‘is a mighty king who lives in his dominion of Ah… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ahti,’ said they, ‘is a mighty king who lives in his dominion of Ahtola, and has a rock at the bottom of the sea, and possesses besides a treasury of good things. Who acts: Ahti, gods, mighty 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 (Ahti, gods, mighty 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:pg3454:23:66 # text = ‘Ahti,’ said they, ‘is a mighty king who lives in his dominion of Ahtola, and has a rock at the bottom of the sea, and possesses besides a treasury of good things. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ahti Ahti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Ahtola Ahtola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 possesses possess VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 besides besides ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ahti | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | present | gods *= god* | a mighty king | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | present | a mighty king | | | Ahti's dominion of Ahtola | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dominion=Location | | 4 | **have** | present | | a rock | | the bottom of the sea | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Patient | | 5 | **possess** | present | | | | | | besides a treasury of good things | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/67/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/)