--- title: And if she asks, “Wert thou at the battle of the birds?” answer that… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And if she asks, “Wert thou at the battle of the birds?” answer that thou wert, and if she asks, “Didst thou see my likeness?” answer that thou sawest it, but be sure thou meetest me in the morning at this place.’ Who acts: sister, thou. 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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 (sister, thou), 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:pg3454:28:40 # text = And if she asks, “Wert thou at the battle of the birds?” answer that thou wert, and if she asks, “Didst thou see my likeness?” answer that thou sawest it, but be sure thou meetest me in the morning at this place.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Wert be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 17 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wert be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 “ " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 35 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 38 sawest see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 meetest meet ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 43 ccomp _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | sister | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | sister | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | past | | answer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | thou | my likeness | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer likeness=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past | thou | answer | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | this place | | sure *property* | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/41/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/)