--- title: Thither Arthur followed after him with his knights, and if it had be… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thither Arthur followed after him with his knights, and if it had been hard to win the razor and the scissors, the struggle for the comb was fiercer still, but at length Arthur prevailed, and the boar was driven into the sea. Who acts: Arthur, hold, struggle. 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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 (Arthur, hold, struggle), 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:pg3454:40:9 # text = Thither Arthur followed after him with his knights, and if it had been hard to win the razor and the scissors, the struggle for the comb was fiercer still, but at length Arthur prevailed, and the boar was driven into the sea. 1 Thither thither ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 15 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 17 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 win win VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 razor razor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 scissors scissors NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 struggle struggle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 fiercer fierce ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 amod _ _ 31 still still ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 36 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 37 prevailed prevail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | past | Arthur | | | | after boar | with boar's knights; thither *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after he=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | hold | | | | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **win** | to-infinitive | | the razor and the scissors | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent razor=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | past | the struggle for the comb | | | | still | fierce *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **prevail** | past | | | | length | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at length=Location | | 6 | **drive** | past · passive | | the boar | | the sea | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme into sea=Trajectory | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/40/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/40/10/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/40/)