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title: ‘Like you, we came to the isle of Lok to seek our fortunes, and like… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: ‘Like you, we came to the isle of Lok to seek our fortunes, and like you we consented to marry the Groac’h, and no sooner was the ceremony over than she turned us into fishes, as she had done to all our forerunners, who are in the fish-pond still, where you will shortly join them.’ Who acts: we, you
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 46

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‘Like you, we came to the isle of Lok to seek our fortunes, and like you we consented to marry the Groac’h, and no sooner was the ceremony over than she turned us into fishes, as she had done to all our forerunners, who are in the fish-pond still, where you will shortly join them.’

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**Who acts:** we, you, ceremony, forerunners · **What happens:** come, seek, consent, marry, be, turn · **To what, where:** isle, fortunes, Groac’h, ceremony, us, fish pond

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, you, ceremony, forerunners), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:34:46
# text = ‘Like you, we came to the isle of Lok to seek our fortunes, and like you we consented to marry the Groac’h, and no sooner was the ceremony over than she turned us into fishes, as she had done to all our forerunners, who are in the fish-pond still, where you will shortly join them.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	isle	isle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Lok	Lok	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
14	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
18	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	consented	consent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Groac’h	Groac'h	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
28	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	32	det	_	_
29	sooner	soon	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	32	advmod	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
33	over	over	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
34	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
37	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	into	into	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	fishes	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
42	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	conj	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	48	det:predet	_	_
47	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	forerunners	forerunner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
50	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	56	nsubj	_	_
51	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	cop	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
54	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	54	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	_
57	still	still	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
59	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	63	advmod	_	_
60	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
61	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
62	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
63	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
64	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | we |  |  | the isle of Lok |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to isle=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | our fortunes |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme |
| 3 | **consent** | past | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **marry** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the Groac’h |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent groac'h=Patient |
| 5 | **is a** | past |  | no ceremony |  |  |  | soon *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **turn** | past | no ceremony | us |  |  |  | into fishes *result*; over *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent we=Theme into fish=Result |
| 7 | **do** | past · perfect | ceremony |  |  |  | still | to our forerunners and the fish pond | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **is** | present | our forerunners and the fish pond |  |  | the fish pond |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **join** | future | you | fortunes *= fortune* |  |  |  | shortly *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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.

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**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.

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