--- title: ‘O Kilweh,’ said Arthur, ‘never have I heard of the maiden of whom t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘O Kilweh,’ said Arthur, ‘never have I heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will send messengers to seek her if thou wilt give me time.’ Who acts: Kilweh, I, thou. 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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 (Kilweh, I, thou), 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:pg3454:38:71 # text = ‘O Kilweh,’ said Arthur, ‘never have I heard of the maiden of whom thou speakest, nor of her kindred, but I will send messengers to seek her if thou wilt give me time.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O o INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 3 Kilweh Kilweh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nmod _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 speakest speak VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 25 cc _ _ 23 of of SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 kindred kindred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 31 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Kilweh | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | | | | | of the maiden | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of maiden=Stimulus | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | thou | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **send** | future | I | messengers | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 5 | **seek** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | earth | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **give** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou | | me | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/72/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/38/)