--- title: ‘Why, don’t you know,’ inquired the ox, ‘that once very hundred year… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Why, don’t you know,’ inquired the ox, ‘that once very hundred years the stones on Plouhinec heath go down to drink at the river, and that while they are away the treasures underneath them are uncovered?’ Who acts: you, that, hundred years, stones. 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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 (you, that, hundred years, stones), 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:pg3454:25:77 # text = ‘Why, don’t you know,’ inquired the ox, ‘that once very hundred years the stones on Plouhinec heath go down to drink at the river, and that while they are away the treasures underneath them are uncovered?’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 10 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 nsubj _ _ 16 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 advmod _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 Plouhinec Plouhinec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 heath heath NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 down down ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 44 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 underneath underneath ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nmod _ _ 43 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 uncovered uncover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ? ? PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | | the ox | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent ox=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **year** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go down** | infinitive | hundred years | | | | | down *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **drink** | to-infinitive | hundred years *not said here* | | | the river | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | stones *= stone* | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **uncover** | present · passive | | the treasures underneath stones | | | | | tree rules | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/78/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)