--- title: ‘Yesterday,’ answered the earl, ‘my two sons were seized, while thy… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yesterday,’ answered the earl, ‘my two sons were seized, while thy were hunting, by a monster who dwells on those mountains yonder, and he vows that he will not let them go unless I give him my daughter to wife.’ Who acts: thy, monster, son, peace. 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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 (thy, monster, son, peace), 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:pg3454:31:109 # text = ‘Yesterday,’ answered the earl, ‘my two sons were seized, while thy were hunting, by a monster who dwells on those mountains yonder, and he vows that he will not let them go unless I give him my daughter to wife.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 earl earl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 while while SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 dwells dwell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 vows vow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 give give VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | the earl | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent earl=Eventuality | | 2 | **seize** | past · passive | | my two sons | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **hunt** | past · progressive | thy | | | | | by a monster | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by monster=Location | | 4 | **dwell** | present | a monster | | | that mountains | | yonder *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on mountain=Location | | 5 | **vow** | present | son | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **let** | future | son | peace | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | peace *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | my daughter | son | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient daughter=Theme | 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/110/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/)