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title: He was taken from his mother when three nights old, and it is not kn… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: He was taken from his mother when three nights old, and it is not know where he now is, nor whether he is living or dead, and though thou find him yet the boar will never be slain save only with the sword of Gwrnach the giant, and if thou obtain it not neither shalt thou obtain my daughter.’ Who act
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39, sentence 61

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He was taken from his mother when three nights old, and it is not know where he now is, nor whether he is living or dead, and though thou find him yet the boar will never be slain save only with the sword of Gwrnach the giant, and if thou obtain it not neither shalt thou obtain my daughter.’

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**Who acts:** it, dog, thou · **What happens:** take, not be, be, live, find, not slay · **To what, where:** dog, boar, sword, world, daughter · **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 (it, dog, thou), 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:pg3454:39:61
# text = He was taken from his mother when three nights old, and it is not know where he now is, nor whether he is living or dead, and though thou find him yet the boar will never be slain save only with the sword of Gwrnach the giant, and if thou obtain it not neither shalt thou obtain my daughter.’
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
17	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	26	cc	_	_
23	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
27	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
31	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
32	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nsubj	_	_
33	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	advcl	_	_
34	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	_
35	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
39	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	conj	_	_
42	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
43	only	only	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	Gwrnach	Gwrnach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
53	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
54	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	55	nsubj	_	_
55	obtain	obtain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	parataxis	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	_
57	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	55	advmod	_	_
58	neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
59	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	61	aux	_	_
60	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	61	nsubj	_	_
61	obtain	obtain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	advcl	_	_
62	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · passive |  | dog |  |  |  | from dog's mother | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from mother=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | know *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** | present | dog |  |  |  | now |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **live** | present · progressive | dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **find** | present | thou | dog |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 6 | **not** **slay** | future · passive |  | the boar |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 7 | **save** | infinitive |  | the sword |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
| 8 | **not** **obtain** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | world |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Theme |
| 9 | **obtain** | shall | thou | my daughter |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset daughter=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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