--- title: At the dawn he set out, but he did not go back to the castle, for hi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the dawn he set out, but he did not go back to the castle, for his heart was heavy, but he wandered far into wild places till his body was weak and thin, and his hair was long. Who acts: Owen, heart, body, hair. 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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, heart, body, hair), 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:pg3454:31:65 # text = At the dawn he set out, but he did not go back to the castle, for his heart was heavy, but he wandered far into wild places till his body was weak and thin, and his hair was long. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 31 till till SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | Owen | | | | dawn | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **go back** | past · do-support | Owen | | | | | to the castle *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result | | 3 | **is** | past | Owen's heart | | | | | heavy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wander** | past | Owen | | | wild places | | far *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into place=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | Owen's body | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | Owen's body *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Owen's hair | | | | | long *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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/66/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/)