--- title: And not only was I wroth, but my people likewise, and when it was kn… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And not only was I wroth, but my people likewise, and when it was known that thou wast come to dwell in the land, they besought me much to change them into mice, that they might eat thy corn. Who acts: I, lands. 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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 (I, lands), 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:pg3454:35:139 # text = And not only was I wroth, but my people likewise, and when it was known that thou wast come to dwell in the land, they besought me much to change them into mice, that they might eat thy corn. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wroth wroth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wast be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 21 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 besought beseech VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 much much ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | I | | | | | my people *obl*; wroth *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | past · passive | | spell | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **dwell** | to-infinitive | | | | the land | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location | | 5 | **beseech** | past | lands *= land* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **change** | to-infinitive | lands *= land* *not said here* | lands *= land* | | | | into mice *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent they=Patient into mouse=Result | | 7 | **eat** | might | lands *= land* | thy corn | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=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 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/138/) - next →: [sentence 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/140/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/)