--- title: ‘She boasted that no man in the world was equal to Owen,’ said they,… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘She boasted that no man in the world was equal to Owen,’ said they, ‘and we shut her in a cave, and agreed that none should deliver her but Owen himself, and that if he did not come by a certain day she should die. Who acts: charge, man, youths, we. 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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 (charge, man, youths, we), 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:pg3454:32:13 # text = ‘She boasted that no man in the world was equal to Owen,’ said they, ‘and we shut her in a cave, and agreed that none should deliver her but Owen himself, and that if he did not come by a certain day she should die. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 boasted boast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Owen Owen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ‘ PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 33 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 Owen Owen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | past | charge | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | no man in the world | | Owen | | | equal *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | youths *= youth* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shut** | past | we | charge | | a cave | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **deliver** | should | none | charge | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 7 | **not** **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | man | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **die** | should | charge | a certain day *not said here* | | | | | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/14/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/)