--- title: The fame of such holiness as this soon spread, and daily the citizen… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fame of such holiness as this soon spread, and daily the citizens would flock to see him, eager to get his blessing, to watch his devotions, or to hear his teaching, if he were in the mood to speak. Who acts: citizens, man. 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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 (citizens, man), 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:pg3454:4:36 # text = The fame of such holiness as this soon spread, and daily the citizens would flock to see him, eager to get his blessing, to watch his devotions, or to hear his teaching, if he were in the mood to speak. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 holiness holiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 9 spread spread NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 daily daily ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 citizens citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 flock flock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 devotions devotion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 hear hear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 teaching teaching NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 mood mood NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flock** | would | the citizens | | | | | daily *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the citizens *not said here* | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | | man's blessing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blessing=Stimulus | | 4 | **watch** | to-infinitive | | man's devotions | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent devotion=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | man's teaching | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer teaching=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | man | | | the mood | | | tree rules | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **bless** | | man | | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **devote** | | man | | | | | | nom devotion «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **teach** | | man | | | | | | nom teaching «act transitive»: 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/37/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)