--- title: I must pluck that flower, and go on to the lake of the dragons and f… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I must pluck that flower, and go on to the lake of the dragons and fight the black man who holds in his hand the iron ball which never misses its mark and returns of its own accord to its master. Who acts: I, black man, iron ball, ball. 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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 (I, black man, iron ball, ball), 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:pg3454:26:96 # text = I must pluck that flower, and go on to the lake of the dragons and fight the black man who holds in his hand the iron ball which never misses its mark and returns of its own accord to its master. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pluck pluck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 on on ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 fight fight VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 misses miss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 returns return VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pluck** | must | I | that flower | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient | | 2 | **go on** | infinitive | | | | | | to the lake of the dragons | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fight** | infinitive | | the black man | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 4 | **hold** | present | the black man | | | flower's hand | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hand=Location | | 5 | **not** **miss** | present | the iron ball | ball's mark | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | | 6 | **return** | present | the iron ball *not said here* | | | mark's master | | of mark's own accord | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of accord=Initial\_Location to master=Destination | | 7 | **mark** | | ball | | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/26/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/26/97/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/26/)