--- title: Then he will raise his head to look at the knob, and you must stab h… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he will raise his head to look at the knob, and you must stab him in the mole which is on the right side of his neck; but take heed, for if you miss the mole with the point of the sword, then my death and your death are certain. Who acts: king, you, mole, death. 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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 (king, you, mole, death), 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:pg3454:9:55 # text = Then he will raise his head to look at the knob, and you must stab him in the mole which is on the right side of his neck; but take heed, for if you miss the mole with the point of the sword, then my death and your death are certain. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 raise raise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 knob knob NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 stab stab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 miss miss VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 54 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | future | king | king's head | | | then | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | at the knob | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at knob=Theme | | 3 | **stab** | must | you | king | | the mole | | | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in mole=Location | | 4 | **is** | present | the mole | | | the right side | | of king's neck | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | king *not said here* | heed | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Theme | | 6 | **miss** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | the mole | | | | with the point of the sword | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mole=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | present | my death and your death | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **point** | | | the sword | | | | | nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **die** | | my | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **die** | | your | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/56/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/)