--- title: And so greatly did they prosper that no man in the town bought a shi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And so greatly did they prosper that no man in the town bought a shield except they had made it, till at length the shield-makers banded together as the saddlers had done, and resolved to slay them. Who acts: shields, man. 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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 (shields, man), 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:pg3454:35:20 # text = And so greatly did they prosper that no man in the town bought a shield except they had made it, till at length the shield-makers banded together as the saddlers had done, and resolved to slay them. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 prosper prosper VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 except except ADP IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 till till ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 makers maker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 banded band VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 together together ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 saddlers saddler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prosper** | past · do-support | shields *= shield* | | | | | greatly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **buy** | past | no man in the town | a shield | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shield=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | shields *= shield* | town | | | till length the shield makers | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 4 | **band together** | participle | | the shield makers *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | the saddlers | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **resolve** | past | no man in the town *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **slay** | to-infinitive | no man in the town *not said here* | shields *= shield* | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/21/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/)