--- title: ‘If walking thou didst enter here, return thou running,’ replied Art… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘If walking thou didst enter here, return thou running,’ replied Arthur, ‘and let everyone that opens and shuts the eye show him respect and serve him, for it is not meet to keep such a man in the wind and rain.’ Who acts: Arthur, everyone, it. 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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 (Arthur, everyone, it), 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:pg3454:38:54 # text = ‘If walking thou didst enter here, return thou running,’ replied Arthur, ‘and let everyone that opens and shuts the eye show him respect and serve him, for it is not meet to keep such a man in the wind and rain.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 4 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 obj _ _ 5 didst do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 6 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 obj _ _ 11 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 14 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 20 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 nsubj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 opens open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 shuts shut VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 43 det:predet _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** *a condition, not said to happen* | gerund | | thou | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thou=Trajectory | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **enter** | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **return** | infinitive | | thou | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 5 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Arthur | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **open** | present | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **shut** | present | | the eye | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 10 | **show** | present | everyone | | Arthur | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 11 | **respect** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **serve** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | Arthur | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 13 | **not** **is** | present | it | | | | | meet *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | such man | | the wind and rain | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent man=Theme in wind=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/55/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/)