--- title: But after the king was gone off, the housekeeper sent for Gobborn an… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But after the king was gone off, the housekeeper sent for Gobborn and Jack, and told them that she had watched for a chance to warn them, for the king was so afraid they should carry their art away and build some other king as fine a castle, he meant to take their lives on the morrow. 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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 (housekeeper, king, clothes), 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:pg14241:20:63 # text = But after the king was gone off, the housekeeper sent for Gobborn and Jack, and told them that she had watched for a chance to warn them, for the king was so afraid they should carry their art away and build some other king as fine a castle, he meant to take their lives on the morrow. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 7 off off ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 housekeeper housekeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Gobborn Gobborn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 warn warn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 build build VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 46 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go off** | past · passive | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | past | the housekeeper | | | | | for Gobborn and Jack | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the housekeeper *not said here* | | clothes | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **watch** | past · perfect | housekeeper | | | | | for a chance | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for chance=Theme | | 5 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive | housekeeper *not said here* | | clothes | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **carry away** | should | clothes | clothes's art | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Theme | | 8 | **build** | present | clothes *not said here* | a fine castle | some other king | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset king=Beneficiary castle=Product | | 9 | **mean** | past | king | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | clothes's lives | | the morrow | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent life=Theme on morrow=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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/64/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)