--- title: He did not dare to seek too near Plouhinec, lest somebody who knew t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He did not dare to seek too near Plouhinec, lest somebody who knew the story might guess what he was doing, so he went away further towards the south, where the air was softer and the plants are always green. Who acts: beggar, somebody, air, plants. 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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 (beggar, somebody, air, plants), 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:pg3454:25:84 # text = He did not dare to seek too near Plouhinec, lest somebody who knew the story might guess what he was doing, so he went away further towards the south, where the air was softer and the plants are always green. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 dare dare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 near near ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Plouhinec Plouhinec PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 somebody somebody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 nsubj _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 27 away away ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 further further ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 towards towards ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 south south NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 softer soft ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 parataxis _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 plants plant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 43 advmod _ _ 43 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **dare** | past · do-support | beggar | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **seek** | to-infinitive | beggar *not said here* | | | Plouhinec | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent near plouhinec=Location | | 3 | **know** | past | | the story | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 4 | **guess** | might | somebody | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 5 | **do** | past · progressive | beggar | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **go away** | past | beggar | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | the air | | | | | soft *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | the plants | | | | | always, green *property* | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/85/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/25/)