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title: Then they sent a messenger to Arthur to tell him that Mabon was foun… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Then they sent a messenger to Arthur to tell him that Mabon was found, and he brought all his warriors to the castle of Gloucester and fell fiercely upon it; while Kai and Bedwyr went on the shoulders of the salmon to the gate of the dungeon, and broke it down and carried away Mabon. Who acts: silve
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39, sentence 134

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Then they sent a messenger to Arthur to tell him that Mabon was found, and he brought all his warriors to the castle of Gloucester and fell fiercely upon it; while Kai and Bedwyr went on the shoulders of the salmon to the gate of the dungeon, and broke it down and carried away Mabon.

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**Who acts:** silver, Mabon, Kai · **What happens:** send, tell, find, bring, fall, go · **To what, where:** messenger, Arthur, Mabon, warriors, castle, shoulders · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (silver, Mabon, Kai), 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:pg3454:39:134
# text = Then they sent a messenger to Arthur to tell him that Mabon was found, and he brought all his warriors to the castle of Gloucester and fell fiercely upon it; while Kai and Bedwyr went on the shoulders of the salmon to the gate of the dungeon, and broke it down and carried away Mabon.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	Mabon	Mabon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Gloucester	Gloucester	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
29	fiercely	fiercely	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
30	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
34	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	Bedwyr	Bedwyr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
37	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
38	on	on	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	salmon	salmon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obj	_	_
54	down	down	ADP	RP	_	52	compound:prt	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	conj	_	_
57	away	away	ADV	RB	_	56	advmod	_	_
58	Mabon	Mabon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | silver | a messenger | Arthur |  | then |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to arthur=Destination |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | silver *not said here* |  | Mabon |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 3 | **find** | past · passive |  | Mabon |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 4 | **bring** | past | Mabon | Mabon's warriors |  | the castle of Gloucester |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent warrior=Theme to castle=Destination |
| 5 | **fall** | past | silver *not said here* |  |  | messenger |  | fiercely *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon it=Location |
| 6 | **go** | past | Kai and Bedwyr |  |  | the shoulders of the salmon |  | to the gate of the dungeon | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to gate=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **break down** | past |  | messenger |  |  |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 8 | **carry away** | past |  | Mabon |  |  |  | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mabon=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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