--- title: ‘My lord,’ he said, ‘during the three years that I have been absent… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘My lord,’ he said, ‘during the three years that I have been absent from thee I have been preparing a banquet for thee, knowing full well that thou wouldst come to seek me. Who acts: Owen, that, I, full well. 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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 (Owen, that, I, full well), 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:pg3454:31:57 # text = ‘My lord,’ he said, ‘during the three years that I have been absent from thee I have been preparing a banquet for thee, knowing full well that thou wouldst come to seek me. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 during during ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 cop _ _ 18 absent absent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux _ _ 24 preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 31 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 35 wouldst would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Owen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present · perfect | that | | | thee | year | absent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **prepare** | present · perfect · progressive | I | a banquet | | | | for thee | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent banquet=Product for thou=Beneficiary | | 4 | **know** | gerund | I *not said here* | full well | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer well=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | would | full well | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** | to-infinitive | full well *not said here* | me | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/58/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/)