--- title: So the beardless one began to lie with all his might, and when he wa… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the beardless one began to lie with all his might, and when he was tired of inventing new lies the boy said to him, ‘My good fellow, if THAT is all you can do it is not much! Who acts: beardless one, boy, inventing, you. 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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 (beardless one, boy, inventing, you), 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:pg641:3:20 # text = So the beardless one began to lie with all his might, and when he was tired of inventing new lies the boy said to him, ‘My good fellow, if THAT is all you can do it is not much! 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 beardless beardless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 with with SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 inventing invent VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 csubj _ _ 20 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 21 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 THAT that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 31 conj _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the beardless one | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **lie** | to-infinitive | the beardless one *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | boy | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **invent** | gerund | | | | | | new *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lie** | present | inventing | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the boy | | sonny | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 7 | **do** | can | you | cake | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 8 | **not** **is** | present | My good fellow | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/21/) - ↑ back to [The Finest Liar in the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/3/)