--- title: ‘Because they knew they were being put to the test,’ answered the Li… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Because they knew they were being put to the test,’ answered the Lion; ‘and so they made an effort; but just have a dozen spinning-wheels placed in the ante-room. Who acts: peas. 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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 (peas), 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:pg7277:43:33 # text = ‘Because they knew they were being put to the test,’ answered the Lion; ‘and so they made an effort; but just have a dozen spinning-wheels placed in the ante-room. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 14 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 just just ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 31 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 wheels wheel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 34 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 ante ante NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | peas *= pea* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **put** | past · passive | | peas *= pea* | | | | to the test | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | the Lion | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent lion=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | past | peas *= pea* | a effort | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset effort=Product | | 5 | **have** | infinitive | peas *= pea* *not said here* | dozen spinning wheels | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Patient | | 6 | **place** | participle | | dozen spinning wheels *not said here* | | the ante room | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in room=Destination | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/34/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/)