--- title: ‘You see how my foes will fare; now behold what I can do for my frie… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You see how my foes will fare; now behold what I can do for my friends,’ and, stooping down, he laid the golden bowl against the mouth of the soldier, who sat up as well as ever. Who acts: You, foes, I, Peronnik. 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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, foes, I, Peronnik), 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:pg3454:28:23 # text = ‘You see how my foes will fare; now behold what I can do for my friends,’ and, stooping down, he laid the golden bowl against the mouth of the soldier, who sat up as well as ever. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 ccomp _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 foes foe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 fare fare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 11 behold behold ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 stooping stoop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 24 down down ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 against against ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 39 advmod _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 fixed _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 44 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | You | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **fare** | future | my foes | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | can | I | | | | now | for my friends | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **stoop down** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lay** | past | Peronnik | the golden bowl | | | | against the mouth of the soldier | tree rules | | 6 | **sit up** | past | the soldier | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/24/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/)