--- title: Now some of the king’s servants had taken note of the matter, and wa… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now some of the king’s servants had taken note of the matter, and warned their master not to eat and drink anything that the queen offered him, as for two nights running she had given him a sleeping draught. Who acts: queen, two nights. 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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 (queen, two nights), 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:pg2435:1:91 # text = Now some of the king’s servants had taken note of the matter, and warned their master not to eat and drink anything that the queen offered him, as for two nights running she had given him a sleeping draught. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 24 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 23 obj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 34 case _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 nights night NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 advcl _ _ 35 running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 amod _ _ 42 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | some | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme note=Destination | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | | servants's master | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent master=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **eat** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **drink** | infinitive | | anything | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | | 5 | **offer** | past | the queen | | king | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal that=Theme | | 6 | **run** | gerund | two nights *not said here* | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **give** | past · perfect | queen | a sleeping draught | king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient draught=Theme | | 8 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **note** | | | the matter | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/92/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/)