--- title: ‘That I will gladly,’ answered Manawyddan, unloosing the cord from h… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That I will gladly,’ answered Manawyddan, unloosing the cord from her neck, and as he did so the bishop struck her with his staff, and she turned into a young woman, the fairest that ever was seen. Who acts: Manawyddan, bishop, wife. 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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 (Manawyddan, bishop, wife), 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:pg3454:36:9 # text = ‘That I will gladly,’ answered Manawyddan, unloosing the cord from her neck, and as he did so the bishop struck her with his staff, and she turned into a young woman, the fairest that ever was seen. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 Manawyddan Manawyddan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 unloosing unloose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cord cord NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bishop bishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fairest fair ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | future | | | Manawyddan | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent manawyddan=Eventuality | | 2 | **unloose** | gerund | | the cord | | wife's neck | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | past | Manawyddan | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **strike** | past | the bishop | wife | | | | with bishop's staff | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with staff=Instrument | | 5 | **turn** | past | wife | the fairest | | | | into a young woman *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into woman=Result | | 6 | **see** | past · passive | | that | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/10/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/)