--- title: ‘Go and seek the priest who lives near the door of the prison, and a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Go and seek the priest who lives near the door of the prison, and ask him where you can find the old woman who visited him last night; and when you have found her, bring her to the palace.’ Who acts: you, priest, old woman. 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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 (you, priest, old woman), 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:pg3454:4:8 # text = ‘Go and seek the priest who lives near the door of the prison, and ask him where you can find the old woman who visited him last night; and when you have found her, bring her to the palace.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 seek seek VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 near near ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seek** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the priest | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Theme | | 3 | **live** | present | the priest | | | the door of the prison | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near door=Location | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | king | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **find** | can | you | the old woman | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic | | 6 | **visit** | past | the old woman | king | | | night | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **find** | present · perfect | you | woman | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 8 | **bring** | infinitive | you *not said here* | woman | | the palace | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/9/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)