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title: The young man raised his head as if to reply, but the king would not… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The young man raised his head as if to reply, but the king would not listen, and commanded his guards to put him under arrest, adding, however, that if the prisoner wished to visit any part of the city, he was at liberty to do so properly guarded, and in fifteen days he would be brought to trial bef
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3, sentence 51

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The young man raised his head as if to reply, but the king would not listen, and commanded his guards to put him under arrest, adding, however, that if the prisoner wished to visit any part of the city, he was at liberty to do so properly guarded, and in fifteen days he would be brought to trial before the highest judges in the land.

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**Who acts:** young man, king, prisoner, company · **What happens:** raise, reply, not listen, command, put, add · **To what, where:** head, guards, company, arrest, part, liberty · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young man, king, prisoner, company), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:3:51
# text = The young man raised his head as if to reply, but the king would not listen, and commanded his guards to put him under arrest, adding, however, that if the prisoner wished to visit any part of the city, he was at liberty to do so properly guarded, and in fifteen days he would be brought to trial before the highest judges in the land.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	reply	reply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	advcl	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	under	under	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	arrest	arrest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	adding	add	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	however	however	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
34	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
40	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	41	det	_	_
41	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
46	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
47	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	cop	_	_
48	at	at	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	liberty	liberty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	parataxis	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	acl	_	_
52	so	so	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
53	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
54	guarded	guard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	51	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
57	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	59	nummod	_	_
59	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	obl	_	_
60	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
61	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
62	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	aux:pass	_	_
63	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	acl	_	_
64	to	to	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
66	before	before	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
68	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	69	amod	_	_
69	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	obl	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past | the young man | company's head |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **listen** | would | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **command** | past | the young man *not said here* | company's guards |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent guard=Eventuality |
| 5 | **put** | to-infinitive | the young man *not said here* | company |  | arrest |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme under arrest=Destination |
| 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | the young man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | however *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the prisoner |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 8 | **visit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the prisoner *not said here* | any part of the city |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Co-Agent |
| 9 | **is** | past | company |  |  | liberty |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **do** | to-infinitive | the prisoner *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **guard** | participle | the prisoner *not said here* |  |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **bring** | would · passive |  | company |  | trial | before the highest judges in the land; day |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to trial=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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