--- title: Seeing the stone approaching, he held out the magic herbs which he c… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Seeing the stone approaching, he held out the magic herbs which he carried, but the baptized stone was no longer subject to the spells that bound the rest, and passed straight on its way, leaving the wizard crushed into powder in the heather. Who acts: man, stone, baptized stone, spells. 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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 (man, stone, baptized stone, spells), 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:pg3454:26:52 # text = Seeing the stone approaching, he held out the magic herbs which he carried, but the baptized stone was no longer subject to the spells that bound the rest, and passed straight on its way, leaving the wizard crushed into powder in the heather. 1 Seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 12 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 baptized baptize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 no no ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 23 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 spells spell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 bound bound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 34 straight straight ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 crushed crush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 heather heather NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | man *not said here* | the stone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stone=Stimulus | | 2 | **approach** | gerund | the stone *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hold out** | past | man | the magic herbs | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Theme | | 4 | **carry** | past | man | the magic herbs | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **baptize** | participle | | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | the baptized stone | subject | | | | to the spells; long *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bound** | present | the spells | the rest | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location rest=Theme | | 8 | **pass** | participle | man *not said here* | | | stone's way | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 9 | **leave** | gerund | man *not said here* | the wizard | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wizard=Theme | | 10 | **crush** | participle | | the wizard *not said here* | | | | into powder *result*; in the heather | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into powder=Result | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/26/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/26/53/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/26/)