--- title: When they reached the place of their imprisonment, Mogarzea took the… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they reached the place of their imprisonment, Mogarzea took the cherry tree and all the elves with it on his back, and carried them off to his father’s kingdom, where everyone rejoiced to see him home again. Who acts: elves, Mogarzea, everyone. 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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 (elves, Mogarzea, everyone), 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:pg641:44:69 # text = When they reached the place of their imprisonment, Mogarzea took the cherry tree and all the elves with it on his back, and carried them off to his father’s kingdom, where everyone rejoiced to see him home again. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 imprisonment imprisonment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 Mogarzea Mogarzea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 cherry cherry NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 elves elf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ’s 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 36 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 37 nsubj _ _ 37 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 home home ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | elves *= elf* | the place of elves's imprisonment | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **take** | past | Mogarzea | the cherry tree and all elves with tree | | Mogarzea's back | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tree=Theme on back=Destination | | 3 | **carry off** | past | | elves *= elf* | | Mogarzea's father's kingdom | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to kingdom=Destination | | 4 | **rejoice** | past | everyone | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | Mogarzea | | | again | home *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 6 | **imprison** | | elves *= elf* | | | | | | nom imprisonment «act transitive»: 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 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/70/) - ↑ back to [Mogarzea and His Son](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/44/)