--- title: ‘Far have I travelled, both in this island and elsewhere, and many k… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Far have I travelled, both in this island and elsewhere, and many kingly men have I seen; but never yet have I beheld one equal in majesty to him who now stands at the door.’ Who acts: I, many kingly men, majesty. 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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 (I, many kingly men, majesty), 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:pg3454:38:53 # text = ‘Far have I travelled, both in this island and elsewhere, and many kingly men have I seen; but never yet have I beheld one equal in majesty to him who now stands at the door.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 travelled travel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 both both CCONJ CC _ 10 cc:preconj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 elsewhere elsewhere ADV RB _ 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 16 kingly kingly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 yet yet ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nmod _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | past | I | | | this island | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in island=Trajectory | | 2 | **have** | present | many kingly men | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | participle | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **behold** | present · perfect | I | | | majesty to man | | equal *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **stand** | present | majesty to man | | | the door | now | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/54/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/)