--- title: Now there was to be a race in the town, and everyone meant to be the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now there was to be a race in the town, and everyone meant to be there, except the stranger who had come over the hill of poison--everyone, that is, but the cook, who was to make the bridal supper. Who acts: everyone, stranger, cook. 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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 (everyone, stranger, cook), 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:pg3454:37:1 # text = Now there was to be a race in the town, and everyone meant to be there, except the stranger who had come over the hill of poison--everyone, that is, but the cook, who was to make the bridal supper. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 14 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 17 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 except except ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 34 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | | | | there | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a race | | the town | | | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | past | everyone | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past · perfect | the stranger | | | the hill of poison | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over hill=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **be** | present | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | the cook | | | | | make *property* | 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: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 36, 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/36/135/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/2/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)