--- title: I will go myself with the men of my household to avenge him if he is… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I will go myself with the men of my household to avenge him if he is dead, to free him if he is in prison, to bring him back if he is alive.’ Who acts: I, man. 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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 (I, man), 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:pg3454:31:35 # text = I will go myself with the men of my household to avenge him if he is dead, to free him if he is in prison, to bring him back if he is alive.’ 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 avenge avenge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | future | I | myself | | | | with the men of my household | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with man=Beneficiary | | 2 | **avenge** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | man | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | man | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | man | | | prison | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | | | man | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | man | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/36/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/)