--- title: Therefore one by one they all knelt before him and took the oath, an… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore one by one they all knelt before him and took the oath, and a message was sent to the false prince, forbidding him ever again to appear at court, though a handsome pension was granted him. Who acts: one. 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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 (one), 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:pg3454:4:2 # text = Therefore one by one they all knelt before him and took the oath, and a message was sent to the false prince, forbidding him ever again to appear at court, though a handsome pension was granted him. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 forbidding forbid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 28 advmod _ _ 28 again again ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 though though SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 pension pension NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kneel** | past | one by one | | | | before present | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 2 | **take** | past | one by one *not said here* | the oath | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oath=Theme | | 3 | **send** | past · passive | | a message | the false prince | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prince=Destination | | 4 | **forbid** | gerund | | present | | | again | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme | | 5 | **appear** | to-infinitive | | | | court | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location | | 6 | **grant** | past · passive | | a handsome pension | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal he=Theme | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/3/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)