--- title: So Father Lawrence fell down on his knees before the angel and thank… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Father Lawrence fell down on his knees before the angel and thanked him, and the following Sunday he preached a farewell sermon, and gave out that an angel had come down into the large maple tree in his garden, and had announced to him that, because of his righteousness, he should be taken up ali --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/140/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/) / 140 # The Red Fairy Book, The Master Thief, sentence 140 So Father Lawrence fell down on his knees before the angel and thanked him, and the following Sunday he preached a farewell sermon, and gave out that an angel had come down into the large maple tree in his garden, and had announced to him that, because of his righteousness, he should be taken up alive into heaven, and as he thus preached and told them this everyone in the church, old or young, wept. **Who acts:** Father, following Sunday, angel · **What happens:** fall down, thank, follow, preach, give out, come down · **To what, where:** knees, father, farewell sermon, large maple tree, angel, heaven · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Thief. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Father, following Sunday, angel), 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:pg540:9:140 # text = So Father Lawrence fell down on his knees before the angel and thanked him, and the following Sunday he preached a farewell sermon, and gave out that an angel had come down into the large maple tree in his garden, and had announced to him that, because of his righteousness, he should be taken up alive into heaven, and as he thus preached and told them this everyone in the church, old or young, wept. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 Father Father PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Lawrence Lawrence PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 on on 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 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 amod _ _ 19 Sunday Sunday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 preached preach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 farewell farewell ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 sermon sermon NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 34 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 maple maple NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 54 case _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 51 fixed _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 57 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux:pass _ _ 59 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 xcomp _ _ 62 into into ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 as as SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 68 thus thus ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 69 preached preach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 72 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 iobj _ _ 73 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 74 det _ _ 74 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 71 obj _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 79 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 appos _ _ 80 or or CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 79 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 83 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | Father | | | father's knees | before the angel | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on knee=Location | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Father *not said here* | | father | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **preach** *speech: other* | past | the following Sunday | a farewell sermon | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sermon=Topic | | 5 | **give out** | past | Father *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **come down** | past · perfect | a angel | | | the large maple tree in angel's garden | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into tree=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · perfect | Father *not said here* | | angel | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 8 | **take up** | should · passive | | angel | | heaven | | alive *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into heaven=Destination | | 9 | **preach** *speech: other* | past | angel | | | | | thus *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Father *not said here* | everyone | knees *= knee* | the church | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient everyone=Topic | | 11 | **weep** | past | Father *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/141/) - ↑ back to [The Master Thief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/9/)