--- title: At length he remembered having heard some stories of a kingdom in th… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length he remembered having heard some stories of a kingdom in the Kungla country, where musicians of all sorts were welcomed and highly paid; but where it was, or how it was reached, he could not recollect, however hard he thought. Who acts: Tiidu. 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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 (Tiidu), 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:pg2435:11:15 # text = At length he remembered having heard some stories of a kingdom in the Kungla country, where musicians of all sorts were welcomed and highly paid; but where it was, or how it was reached, he could not recollect, however hard he thought. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 xcomp _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Kungla Kungla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 18 musicians musician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 welcomed welcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 highly highly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 recollect recollect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 however however ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | Tiidu | | | length | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** | gerund | Tiidu *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | participle | Tiidu *not said here* | some stories of a kingdom in the Kungla country | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 4 | **welcome** | past · passive | | musicians of all sorts | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **pay** | participle | | | | | | highly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **reach** | past · passive | | country | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **not** **recollect** | could | Tiidu | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Tiidu | | | | | hard *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «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:** «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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/16/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/11/)