--- title: With this answer the messenger returned to Lilliput; and I (though t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: With this answer the messenger returned to Lilliput; and I (though the monarch of Blefuscu secretly offered me his gracious protection if I would continue in his service) hastened my departure, resolving never more to put confidence in princes. Who acts: messenger, monarch, I, Emperor. 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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 (messenger, monarch, I, Emperor), 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:pg503:47:10 # text = With this answer the messenger returned to Lilliput; and I (though the monarch of Blefuscu secretly offered me his gracious protection if I would continue in his service) hastened my departure, resolving never more to put confidence in princes. 1 With with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Lilliput Lilliput PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 though though SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Blefuscu Blefuscu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 secretly secretly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 32 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 resolving resolve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 37 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 36 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 41 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the messenger | | Lilliput | | | with this answer | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to lilliput=Result | | 2 | **offer** | past | the monarch of Blefuscu | Emperor's gracious protection | me | | | secretly *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal protection=Theme | | 3 | **continue** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | I | | | Emperor's service | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hasten** | past | I | my departure | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent departure=Patient | | 5 | **resolve** | gerund | I *not said here* | more | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **put** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | confidence | | | | in princes | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent confidence=Theme in prince=Destination | | 7 | **protect** | | Emperor | | | | | | nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **service** | | Emperor | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **depart** | | my | | | | | | nom departure «act 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/47/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/47/11/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/47/)