--- title: They were just going when the old man turned round, smiled mischievo… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were just going when the old man turned round, smiled mischievously with his crooked mouth, and said: ‘Greetings to Otto from me, and tell him when I meet him again I shall do him the honour of eating him up.’ Who acts: children, old man, I, honour. 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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 (children, old man, I, honour), 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:pg3454:25:30 # text = They were just going when the old man turned round, smiled mischievously with his crooked mouth, and said: ‘Greetings to Otto from me, and tell him when I meet him again I shall do him the honour of eating him up.’ 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 round round ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 12 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 13 mischievously mischievously ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Greetings greeting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Otto Otto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 eating eat VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 acl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · progressive | children *= child* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **turn round** | participle | | the old man *not said here* | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **smile** | past | the old man | | | | | with man's crooked mouth; mischievously *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | Greetings | Otto | | | from me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent greeting=Topic to otto=Recipient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **meet** | present | I | man | | | again | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **do** | shall | I | man | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **eat up** | gerund | the honour *not said here* | man | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/31/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)