--- title: Virgilius replied that if he had taken her away he had also brought… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Virgilius replied that if he had taken her away he had also brought her back, when he might have kept her, and that if they would set him free to return to his own land he would come hither no more. Who acts: Virgilius, cords. 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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 (Virgilius, cords), 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:pg641:43:110 # text = Virgilius replied that if he had taken her away he had also brought her back, when he might have kept her, and that if they would set him free to return to his own land he would come hither no more. 1 Virgilius Virgilius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 also also ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 21 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 parataxis _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 hither hither ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 no no ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Virgilius | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take away** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Virgilius | princess | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **bring back** | past · perfect | Virgilius | | princess | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 4 | **keep** | might · perfect · passive | | Virgilius | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme she=Attribute | | 5 | **set** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | cords *= cord* | Virgilius | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | | 6 | **return** | to-infinitive | cords *= cord* *not said here* | | | | | to Virgilius's own land *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to land=Result | | 7 | **come** | would | Virgilius | more | | | | hither *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location land=Theme | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/111/) - ↑ back to [Virgilius the Sorcerer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/)