--- title: ‘It is true; it is he who is my son, and not the other,’ he said wit… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It is true; it is he who is my son, and not the other,’ he said with an effort, ‘and let every man present swear to acknowledge him as king, after my death.’ Who acts: It, he, man present, my. 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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 (It, he, man present, my), 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:pg3454:4:1 # text = ‘It is true; it is he who is my son, and not the other,’ he said with an effort, ‘and let every man present swear to acknowledge him as king, after my death.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 swear swear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 acknowledge acknowledge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | my son | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | with a effort | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **swear** | present | every man present | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **acknowledge** | to-infinitive | every man present *not said here* | present | | | after my death | as king | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 8 | **die** | | my | | | | | | nom death «event 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: [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 3, 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/3/104/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/2/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)