--- title: This likewise he promised her, and soon she died, and for seven year… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This likewise he promised her, and soon she died, and for seven years the king sent a man every morning to see that nothing was growing on the queen’s grave, but at the end of seven years he forgot. Who acts: man, wife, king, nothing. 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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 (man, wife, king, nothing), 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:pg3454:38:24 # text = This likewise he promised her, and soon she died, and for seven years the king sent a man every morning to see that nothing was growing on the queen’s grave, but at the end of seven years he forgot. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 ccomp _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | man | | wife | | | likewise *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **die** | past | wife | | | | | soon *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **send** | past | the king | a man | | | morning; year | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **grow** | past · progressive | nothing | | | the queen's grave | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grave=Location | | 6 | **forget** | past | man | | | | at the end of seven years | | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/25/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/)