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title: As soon as the jogi got back from this deed he called two of his pup… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: As soon as the jogi got back from this deed he called two of his pupils, and pretended that it had been revealed to him that there should be found floating on the river a chest with something of great price within it; and he bade them go and watch for it at such a place far down the stream, and when
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 78

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As soon as the jogi got back from this deed he called two of his pupils, and pretended that it had been revealed to him that there should be found floating on the river a chest with something of great price within it; and he bade them go and watch for it at such a place far down the stream, and when the chest came slowly along, bobbing and turning in the tide, they were to seize it and secretly and swiftly bring it to him, for he was now determined to put the princess to death himself.

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**Who acts:** jogi, king, chest, air · **What happens:** get back, call, pretend, reveal, find, float · **To what, where:** deed, Jogi, king, river, air, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (jogi, king, chest, air), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:4:78
# text = As soon as the jogi got back from this deed he called two of his pupils, and pretended that it had been revealed to him that there should be found floating on the river a chest with something of great price within it; and he bade them go and watch for it at such a place far down the stream, and when the chest came slowly along, bobbing and turning in the tide, they were to seize it and secretly and swiftly bring it to him, for he was now determined to put the princess to death himself.
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jogi	jogi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	xcomp	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	ccomp	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
28	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	31	expl	_	_
29	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
30	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	advcl	_	_
32	floating	float	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	xcomp	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	37	nmod	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	within	within	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
48	bade	bade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
49	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	xcomp	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
52	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	conj	_	_
53	for	for	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	obl	_	_
55	at	at	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	58	det:predet	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
59	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	62	advmod	_	_
60	down	down	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	82	cc	_	_
65	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	68	mark	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	nsubj	_	_
68	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	82	advcl	_	_
69	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
70	along	along	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
72	bobbing	bob	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	68	advcl	_	_
73	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
74	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	72	conj	_	_
75	in	in	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	74	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
79	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	nsubj	_	_
80	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	82	aux	_	_
81	to	to	PART	TO	_	82	mark	_	_
82	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	conj	_	_
83	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	82	obj	_	_
84	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	85	cc	_	_
85	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	88	advmod	_	_
86	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	85	cc	_	_
87	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	88	advmod	_	_
88	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	82	advcl	_	_
89	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	88	obj	_	_
90	to	to	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
91	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	88	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	97	punct	_	_
93	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	97	mark	_	_
94	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	97	nsubj	_	_
95	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	97	cop	_	_
96	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	97	advmod	_	_
97	determined	determined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	88	conj	_	_
98	to	to	PART	TO	_	99	mark	_	_
99	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	97	xcomp	_	_
100	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	101	det	_	_
101	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	99	obj	_	_
102	to	to	ADP	IN	_	103	case	_	_
103	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	99	obl	_	_
104	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	99	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
105	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get back** | past | the jogi |  |  | this deed |  | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from deed=Destination |
| 2 | **call** | past | king | this deed *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent deed=Recipient |
| 3 | **pretend** | past | the jogi *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **reveal** | past · perfect · passive |  | Jogi | king |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to he=Recipient |
| 5 | **find** | should · passive |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: clause=Theme |
| 6 | **float** | gerund |  |  |  | the river and a chest with something |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on river=Trajectory |
| 7 | **bade** | past | king | air |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **go** | infinitive | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 9 | **watch** | infinitive | king *not said here* |  |  | such place down the stream |  | for chest | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for it=Theme at place=Location |
| 10 | **come** | past | the chest |  |  |  |  | along, slowly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **bob** | gerund | the chest *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **turn** | gerund | the chest *not said here* |  |  | the tide |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in tide=Trajectory |
| 13 | **seize** | past | air | chest |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 14 | **bring** | infinitive | air *not said here* | chest | king |  |  | secretly, swiftly *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Destination |
| 15 | **is** | past | king |  |  |  | now | determined *property* | tree rules |
| 16 | **put** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* |  | the princess |  |  | to death; king *obl:unmarked* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent princess=Goal |

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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.

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