--- title: ‘Come with me, then,’ answered he; ‘the servants are all my friends,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Come with me, then,’ answered he; ‘the servants are all my friends, and they will let you stand in the passage down which the king’s son will pass, and all the company too.’ Who acts: you, servants, son. 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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, servants, son), 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:pg3454:29:104 # text = ‘Come with me, then,’ answered he; ‘the servants are all my friends, and they will let you stand in the passage down which the king’s son will pass, and all the company too.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 all all ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 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 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 down down ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 42 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* | all company | | | then | with me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | shoemaker | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | present | the servants | my friends | | | | all *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **let** | future | servants *= servant* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **stand down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the passage | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in passage=Location | | 6 | **pass** | future | the king's son | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme which=Trajectory | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/105/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/29/)