--- title: At last we received a visit from the wizard, who told us what had ha… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last we received a visit from the wizard, who told us what had happened at court, and your story, bidding me to put myself in your way when you had lost all hope, and offer to save you if you would consent to marry me. Who acts: last, wizard, story, you. A sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by An --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/31/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/) / 31 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 31 At last we received a visit from the wizard, who told us what had happened at court, and your story, bidding me to put myself in your way when you had lost all hope, and offer to save you if you would consent to marry me. **Who acts:** last, wizard, story, you · **What happens:** receive, tell, happen, bid, put, lose · **To what, where:** visit, us, court, me, myself, way · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last, wizard, story, you), 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:pg3454:4:31 # text = At last we received a visit from the wizard, who told us what had happened at court, and your story, bidding me to put myself in your way when you had lost all hope, and offer to save you if you would consent to marry me. 1 At at SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nsubj _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 bidding bid VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 28 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 27 obj _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 det _ _ 37 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 offer offer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | last | a visit | | | | from the wizard | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent visit=Theme from wizard=Source | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the wizard | | us | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | court | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at court=Location | | 4 | **bid** | gerund | your story | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **put** | to-infinitive | your story *not said here* | myself | | your way | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent myself=Theme in way=Destination | | 6 | **lose** | past · perfect | you | all hope | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Eventuality | | 7 | **offer** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **save** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | you | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 9 | **consent** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | you | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **marry** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/32/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)