--- title: ‘The prize I choose,’ answered the Gruagach, ‘is that the crop-heade… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The prize I choose,’ answered the Gruagach, ‘is that the crop-headed creature should take thy head and thy neck, if thou dost not get for me the Sword of Light that hangs in the house of the king of the oak windows.’ Who acts: I, prize, headed creature, thou. 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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 (I, prize, headed creature, thou), 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:pg3454:8:152 # text = ‘The prize I choose,’ answered the Gruagach, ‘is that the crop-headed creature should take thy head and thy neck, if thou dost not get for me the Sword of Light that hangs in the house of the king of the oak windows.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prize prize NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 choose choose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 crop crop NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 headed head VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 amod _ _ 19 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 30 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 hangs hang VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | present | I | the prize *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the prize | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **head** | participle | | | | | | | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | should · present | the headed creature | | | | | the Gruagach *vocative*; take *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | thou | the Sword of Light | | | | for me | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sword=Theme for i=Beneficiary | | 6 | **hang** | present | Light | | | the house of the king of the oak windows | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location | 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 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/153/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/)