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title: From Sol, who can stand all day upon one foot; from Ossol, who, if h… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: From Sol, who can stand all day upon one foot; from Ossol, who, if he were to find himself on the top of the highest mountain in the world, could make it into a level plain in the beat of a bird’s wing; from Cluse, who, though he were buried under the earth, could yet hear the ant leave her nest fif
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38, sentence 70

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From Sol, who can stand all day upon one foot; from Ossol, who, if he were to find himself on the top of the highest mountain in the world, could make it into a level plain in the beat of a bird’s wing; from Cluse, who, though he were buried under the earth, could yet hear the ant leave her nest fifty miles away: from these and from Kai and from Bedwyr and from all thy mighty men I crave this boon.’

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**Who acts:** Ossol, ant, I · **What happens:** stand, find, make, bury, hear, leave · **To what, where:** Sol, Ossol, top, world, level plain, Cluse

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ossol, ant, I), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:38:70
# text = From Sol, who can stand all day upon one foot; from Ossol, who, if he were to find himself on the top of the highest mountain in the world, could make it into a level plain in the beat of a bird’s wing; from Cluse, who, though he were buried under the earth, could yet hear the ant leave her nest fifty miles away: from these and from Kai and from Bedwyr and from all thy mighty men I crave this boon.’
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Sol	Sol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Ossol	Ossol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
23	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	22	obj	_	_
24	on	on	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	30	amod	_	_
30	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	into	into	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	’s	's	PART	POS	_	47	case	_	_
49	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	_
51	from	from	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Cluse	Cluse	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
54	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
57	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj:pass	_	_
58	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	parataxis	_	_
60	under	under	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
64	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
65	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
66	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	advcl	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	obj	_	_
69	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	xcomp	_	_
70	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	71	nmod:poss	_	_
71	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
72	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	73	nummod	_	_
73	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	obl:unmarked	_	_
74	away	away	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	77	punct	_	_
76	from	from	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	66	obj	_	_
78	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	91	cc	_	_
79	from	from	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	91	obl	_	_
81	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
82	from	from	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
83	Bedwyr	Bedwyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	80	conj	_	_
84	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	89	cc	_	_
85	from	from	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
86	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	89	det	_	_
87	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	89	nmod:poss	_	_
88	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	89	amod	_	_
89	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	83	conj	_	_
90	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	91	nsubj	_	_
91	crave	crave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	77	conj	_	_
92	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	93	det	_	_
93	boon	boon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
95	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | can |  |  |  | Sol | day | upon one foot; from Ossol | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon foot=Location |
| 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Ossol | Ossol |  | the top of the highest mountain in the world |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic |
| 3 | **make** | could |  | world |  | a level plain in the beat of a bird's wing |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into plain=Product |
| 4 | **bury** | past · passive |  | Cluse |  | the earth |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under earth=Destination |
| 5 | **hear** | could |  | the ant |  |  | yet |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **leave** | infinitive | the ant *not said here* | earth's nest |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nest=Theme |
| 7 | **crave** | present | I | this boon |  | Kai and Bedwyr and thy mighty men |  |  | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot boon=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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