--- title: ‘Whither have they gone, and my host also?’ cried Manawyddan, and th… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Whither have they gone, and my host also?’ cried Manawyddan, and they searched the hall, and there was no man, and the castle, and there was none, and in the dwellings that were left was nothing save wild beasts. Who acts: lands, host, none, dwellings. 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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 (lands, host, none, dwellings), 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:pg3454:35:8 # text = ‘Whither have they gone, and my host also?’ cried Manawyddan, and they searched the hall, and there was no man, and the castle, and there was none, and in the dwellings that were left was nothing save wild beasts. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 also also ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 13 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 14 Manawyddan Manawyddan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 searched search VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 34 expl _ _ 34 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 35 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 34 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 dwellings dwelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 45 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 48 nsubj _ _ 46 save save ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present · perfect | lands *= land* | the castle | | | | whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | my host | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **search** | past | lands *= land* | the hall | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hall=Location | | 4 | **is a** | past | lands *= land* *not said here* | no man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | past | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | past · passive | | the dwellings | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | the dwellings | save wild beasts | | | | | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/9/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/35/)