--- title: At these words the korigan cast his eyes for the first time on the c… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At these words the korigan cast his eyes for the first time on the colt, which he knew to be the one belonging to the magician, and began to think that the young man was speaking the truth. Who acts: korigan, Peronnik, one, young man. 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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 (korigan, Peronnik, one, young man), 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:pg3454:27:30 # text = At these words the korigan cast his eyes for the first time on the colt, which he knew to be the one belonging to the magician, and began to think that the young man was speaking the truth. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 korigan korigan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 24 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast** | past | the korigan | Peronnik's eyes | | this words | time | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at word=Destination | | 2 | **know** | past | Peronnik | the colt | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the one | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **belong** | gerund | the one *not said here* | | | | | to the magician | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | the korigan *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the korigan *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the young man | the truth | | | | | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/31/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/27/)