--- title: They told Arthur how they had sped, and they all took counsel togeth… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They told Arthur how they had sped, and they all took counsel together, and agreed that they must set out on the quest for Mabon the son of Modron, and Gwrhyr, who knew the languages of beasts and of birds, went with them. Who acts: men, Gwrhyr. 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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 (men, Gwrhyr), 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:pg3454:39:96 # text = They told Arthur how they had sped, and they all took counsel together, and agreed that they must set out on the quest for Mabon the son of Modron, and Gwrhyr, who knew the languages of beasts and of birds, went with them. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 sped speed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 advmod _ _ 12 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 13 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 together together ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 quest quest NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Mabon Mabon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Modron Modron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 Gwrhyr Gwrhyr PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 languages language NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | men *= man* | | Arthur | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent arthur=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **speed** | past · perfect | men *= man* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | men *= man* | counsel | | | | together *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **set out** | must | men *= man* | | | the quest for Mabon | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **know** | past | Gwrhyr | the languages of beasts and birds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer language=Stimulus | | 7 | **go** | past | | | | | | with men *= man* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/97/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/)