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title: Presently she orders a very large box to be brought in and to be ope… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics
description: Presently she orders a very large box to be brought in and to be opened, and out come some of the most costly uniforms that were ever worn on an emperor's back; and when he dressed himself up, the King could scarcely look upon him from the dazzling of the gold and diamonds on his coat. Who acts: lad
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# More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 14, sentence 16

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Presently she orders a very large box to be brought in and to be opened, and out come some of the most costly uniforms that were ever worn on an emperor's back; and when he dressed himself up, the King could scarcely look upon him from the dazzling of the gold and diamonds on his coat.

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**Who acts:** lady, man, King · **What happens:** order, bring in, open, come, wear, dress up · **To what, where:** large box, some, costly uniforms, back, man, dazzling

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This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, man, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg14241:28:16
# text = Presently she orders a very large box to be brought in and to be opened, and out come some of the most costly uniforms that were ever worn on an emperor's back; and when he dressed himself up, the King could scarcely look upon him from the dazzling of the gold and diamonds on his coat.
1	Presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	orders	order	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	out	out	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	19	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	24	advmod	_	_
24	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	uniforms	uniform	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	_
26	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
27	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
28	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	29	advmod	_	_
29	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl:relcl	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	's	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
37	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	39	advmod	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	dressed	dress	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
40	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	39	obj	_	_
41	up	up	ADP	RP	_	39	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
45	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
48	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	obl	_	_
50	from	from	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	dazzling	dazzling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	diamonds	diamond	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
58	on	on	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | present | lady | a large box |  |  |  | presently *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme |
| 2 | **bring in** | to-infinitive · passive | lady *not said here* | a large box *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **open** | to-infinitive · passive | lady *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V» |
| 4 | **come** | present | lady *not said here* | some |  |  |  | out *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location some=Theme |
| 5 | **wear** | past · passive |  | the costly uniforms |  | a emperor's back | ever |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
| 6 | **dress up** | past | man | man |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 7 | **look** | could | the King |  |  | the dazzling of the gold |  | upon man; scarcely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon he=Theme |
| 8 | **diamond** | present | lady *not said here* |  |  | man's coat |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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