--- title: So Luned set out, riding on a white palfrey, on pretence of journeyi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Luned set out, riding on a white palfrey, on pretence of journeying to King Arthur’s court, but instead of doing that she hid herself for as many days as it would have taken her to go and come, and then she left her hiding-place, and went into the countess. Who acts: Luned, pretence, Arthur. 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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 (Luned, pretence, Arthur), 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:pg3454:31:10 # text = So Luned set out, riding on a white palfrey, on pretence of journeying to King Arthur’s court, but instead of doing that she hid herself for as many days as it would have taken her to go and come, and then she left her hiding-place, and went into the countess. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Luned Luned PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 palfrey palfrey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 pretence pretence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 of of SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 journeying journey VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 25 mark _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 38 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 50 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 56 into into ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 countess countess NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | Luned | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ride** | gerund | Luned *not said here* | | | pretence | | on a white palfrey | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **journey** | gerund | pretence *not said here* | | | King Arthur's court | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to court=Destination | | 4 | **do** | gerund | Luned *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hide** | past | Arthur | Arthur | | | day | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 6 | **take** | would · perfect · passive | | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme she=Destination | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **leave** | past | Arthur | Arthur's hiding place | | | then | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 10 | **go** | past | Arthur *not said here* | | | the countess | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into countess=Initial\_Location | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/11/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/)