--- title: But do not delay me, I pray, for his highness the magician expects m… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But do not delay me, I pray, for his highness the magician expects me, and, as you see, has lent me his colt so that I may reach the castle all the quicker.’ Who acts: you, I, magician. 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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, I, magician), 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:pg3454:27:29 # text = But do not delay me, I pray, for his highness the magician expects me, and, as you see, has lent me his colt so that I may reach the castle all the quicker.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 delay delay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 expects expect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 lent lend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 33 mark _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 obj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 quicker quick ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **delay** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent i=Source | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **expect** | present | the magician | me | | | | for Peronnik's highness | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **see** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **lend** | present · perfect | the magician *not said here* | Peronnik's colt | me | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient colt=Theme | | 6 | **reach** | may | I | the castle | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent castle=Beneficiary all=Theme | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/30/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)