--- title: ‘In truth he is a good knight, and had he but known that the maid wa… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘In truth he is a good knight, and had he but known that the maid was in peril he would have come to save her,’ said Owen; ‘but accept me in his stead, I entreat you.’ Who acts: sign, maid, Owen, I. 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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 (sign, maid, Owen, I), 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:pg3454:32:15 # text = ‘In truth he is a good knight, and had he but known that the maid was in peril he would have come to save her,’ said Owen; ‘but accept me in his stead, I entreat you.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 peril peril NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 Owen Owen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 accept accept VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 entreat entreat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 parataxis _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | sign | a good knight | | truth | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | sign | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 3 | **know** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | the maid | | | peril | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | would · perfect | sign | peril *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **save** | to-infinitive | sign *not said here* | maid | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Owen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **accept** | infinitive | | me | | sign's stead | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 9 | **entreat** | present | I | | you | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/16/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/32/)