--- title: ‘Bid the man come before me,’ cried Gwrnach, when the porter had tol… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Bid the man come before me,’ cried Gwrnach, when the porter had told his tale, ‘for my sword stands much in need of polishing,’ so Kai passed in and saluted Gwrnach the giant. Who acts: Kai, need, giant. 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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 (Kai, need, giant), 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:pg3454:39:75 # text = ‘Bid the man come before me,’ cried Gwrnach, when the porter had told his tale, ‘for my sword stands much in need of polishing,’ so Kai passed in and saluted Gwrnach the giant. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bid bid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Gwrnach Gwrnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 25 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 26 much much ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 30 polishing polish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 36 in in ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 saluted salute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 39 Gwrnach Gwrnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bid** | infinitive | | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | before me | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before i=Location | | 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the porter | giant's tale | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient tale=Topic | | 5 | **stand** | present | Kai *not said here* | | | need | | for my sword | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in need=Location | | 6 | **polish** | gerund | need *not said here* | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **pass** | past | Kai | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **salute** | past | Kai *not said here* | Gwrnach | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **tell** | | giant | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/76/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/)