--- title: But when he heard the King's command, he dried his eyes and bade the… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But when he heard the King's command, he dried his eyes and bade them bring shears to cut him loose, for his hair had bound him a fast prisoner and he could not move. Who acts: One, hair, King. 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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 (One, hair, King), 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:pg14241:20:94 # text = But when he heard the King's command, he dried his eyes and bade them bring shears to cut him loose, for his hair had bound him a fast prisoner and he could not move. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 dried dry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 shears shear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 loose loose ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | One | the King's command | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer command=Stimulus | | 2 | **dry** | past | One | One's eyes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient eye=Result | | 3 | **bade** | past | One *not said here* | eyes *= eye* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | infinitive | One *not said here* | shears | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent shear=Theme | | 5 | **cut** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* | One | | | | loose *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 6 | **bind** | past · perfect | One's hair | One | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **not** **move** | could | One | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **command** | | the King | | | | | | nom command «communication 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:** «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/95/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)