--- title: In front of him stands a golden bowl filled with goats’ milk, and if… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In front of him stands a golden bowl filled with goats’ milk, and if you can manage to dip a piece of bread in this milk, and eat it before you are obliged to fly, you will understand all the secrets of the night that are hidden from other men. Who acts: 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 (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:pg641:34:12 # text = In front of him stands a golden bowl filled with goats’ milk, and if you can manage to dip a piece of bread in this milk, and eat it before you are obliged to fly, you will understand all the secrets of the night that are hidden from other men. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 5 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 bowl bowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 goats goat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’ 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 dip dip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 before before SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 secrets secret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | | a golden bowl | | front of man | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bowl=Theme in front=Destination | | 2 | **fill** | participle | | a golden bowl *not said here* | | | | with goats's milk | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with milk=Instrument | | 3 | **manage** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **dip** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a piece of bread | | this milk | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent piece=Theme in milk=Trajectory | | 5 | **eat** | infinitive | you *not said here* | piece | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **oblige** | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 7 | **fly** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **understand** | future | you | all secrets of the night | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus | | 9 | **hide** | present · passive | | all secrets of the night | | | | from other men | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from man=Beneficiary | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/13/) - ↑ back to [The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/34/)