--- title: So at last the Abbot consented, and sent him to London in his most s… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So at last the Abbot consented, and sent him to London in his most splendid array, and he approached King John with all his retinue as before, but dressed in his simple monk's dress and his cowl over his face. Who acts: last, Abbot. 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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 (last, Abbot), 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:pg14241:28:52 # text = So at last the Abbot consented, and sent him to London in his most splendid array, and he approached King John with all his retinue as before, but dressed in his simple monk's dress and his cowl over his face. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj:outer _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Abbot Abbot PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 array array NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:desc _ _ 23 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 before before ADV RB _ 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 's 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 cowl cowl NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | past | last | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **send** | past | last *not said here* | Abbot | London | Abbot's splendid array | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to london=Destination | | 3 | **approach** | past | Abbot | John King | | | | with Abbot's retinue | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent john=Theme with retinue=Instrument | | 4 | **dress** | participle | last *not said here* | | | Abbot's simple monk's dress and Abbot's cowl | | over Abbot's face | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/53/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)