--- title: ‘Behold the reward of thy blessed balsam,’ said he, as he bade the e… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Behold the reward of thy blessed balsam,’ said he, as he bade the earl kneel down before her, and made him swear that he would restore all that he had taken from her. Who acts: reward. 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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 (reward), 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:pg3454:31:92 # text = ‘Behold the reward of thy blessed balsam,’ said he, as he bade the earl kneel down before her, and made him swear that he would restore all that he had taken from her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 blessed blessed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 balsam balsam NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 earl earl NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 kneel kneel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 down down ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 swear swear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the reward of thy blessed balsam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bade** | past | reward | the earl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **kneel down** | infinitive | reward *not said here* | | | | before earl | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before she=Location | | 4 | **make** | past | the reward of thy blessed balsam *not said here* | reward | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **swear** | infinitive | reward *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **restore** | would | reward | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | past · perfect | reward | | | | | from earl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from she=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **reward** | | | thy blessed balsam | | | | | nom reward «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/93/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/)