--- title: But he was very rich, and he lived in a fine palace where there were… — Fifty Famous Stories Retold · tree and pragmatics description: But he was very rich, and he lived in a fine palace where there were many beautiful and costly things, and he was waited upon by a host of servants who were always ready to do his bidding. Who acts: king, host. 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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, host), 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:pg18442:33:4 # text = But he was very rich, and he lived in a fine palace where there were many beautiful and costly things, and he was waited upon by a host of servants who were always ready to do his bidding. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 16 expl _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 18 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 21 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 waited wait VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 advcl _ _ 27 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:agent _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 36 advmod _ _ 36 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 acl:relcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 bidding bidding NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | king | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | past | king | | | a fine palace | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 3 | **wait** | past · passive | a host of servants | king | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | a host of servants | | | | | always, ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | a host of servants *not said here* | king's bidding | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality | | 6 | **bid** | | king | | | | | | nom bidding «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:** «Fifty Famous Stories Retold» by James Baldwin, Project Gutenberg book 18442 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/33/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/33/5/) - ↑ back to [The Sword of Damocles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg18442/33/)