--- title: As for the gentleman who struck him, he will be brought before my ju… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As for the gentleman who struck him, he will be brought before my judges, and will plead his own cause, but I hardly think he can escape death, after having assaulted the heir to the crown.’ Who acts: gentleman, I, company. 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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 (gentleman, I, company), 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:pg3454:3:50 # text = As for the gentleman who struck him, he will be brought before my judges, and will plead his own cause, but I hardly think he can escape death, after having assaulted the heir to the crown.’ 1 As as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 plead plead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 after after SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 aux _ _ 35 assaulted assault VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strike** | past | the gentleman | company | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 2 | **bring** | future · passive | | company | | my judges | | as the gentleman | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before judge=Destination | | 3 | **plead** *speech: request* | future | | company's own cause | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | hardly *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **escape** | can | company | death | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme death=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **assault** | gerund · perfect | company *not said here* | the heir | | | | to the crown | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heir=Patient | | 7 | **cause** | | company | | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/51/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/)