--- title: "Well, then," said the King, "tell me where is the centre of all the… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Well, then," said the King, "tell me where is the centre of all the world round; then let me know how soon can I ride the whole world about; and, lastly, tell me what I think." Who acts: King, centre. 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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 (King, centre), 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:pg14241:28:36 # text = "Well, then," said the King, "tell me where is the centre of all the world round; then let me know how soon can I ride the whole world about; and, lastly, tell me what I think." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 ccomp _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 round round ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 25 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 29 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 30 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 about about ADP IN _ 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 lastly lastly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 46 obj _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 " " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | the King *= king* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the centre of all world | | | | | round, where *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the King *= king* | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | the King *= king* *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **ride** *in a quote* | can | the King *= king* | the whole world | | | | soon *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the King *= king* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the King *= king* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/37/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)