--- title: As to the bowl and the lance, no one knows what became of them, but… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As to the bowl and the lance, no one knows what became of them, but some say that Bryak the sorcerer managed to steal them again, and that any one who wishes to possess them must seek them as Peronnik did. Who acts: one, some, Bryak sorcerer, 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 (one, some, Bryak sorcerer, 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:pg3454:28:27 # text = As to the bowl and the lance, no one knows what became of them, but some say that Bryak the sorcerer managed to steal them again, and that any one who wishes to possess them must seek them as Peronnik did. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 nsubj _ _ 13 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 nsubj _ _ 19 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 Bryak Bryak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sorcerer sorcerer NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 Peronnik Peronnik PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | no one | | | | | as the bowl and the lance | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **become** | past | | | | | | of bowl | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | some | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **manage** | past | the Bryak sorcerer | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **steal** | to-infinitive | the Bryak sorcerer *not said here* | bowl | | | again | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 6 | **wish** | present | any one | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **possess** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | any one *not said here* | bowl | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | | 8 | **seek** | must | any one | bowl | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 9 | **do** | past | Peronnik | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/28/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/)