--- title: Then, begging the priest and the guards to leave them alone for a li… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then, begging the priest and the guards to leave them alone for a little, she told the young man what he was to do, when the next morning he was brought before the king and the judges. Who acts: Madam, priest. 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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 (Madam, priest), 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:pg3454:3:78 # text = Then, begging the priest and the guards to leave them alone for a little, she told the young man what he was to do, when the next morning he was brought before the king and the judges. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 alone alone ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 judges judge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | Madam *not said here* | the priest and the guards | | | then | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent priest=Recipient | | 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Madam *not said here* | guards *= guard* | | | | for a little; alone *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme for little=Recipient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Madam | | the young man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | priest | | | | | do *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | past · passive | | the next morning | | | before the king and the judges | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before king=Destination | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/79/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/)