--- title: Matters had been in this state for more than a week when it reached… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Matters had been in this state for more than a week when it reached the ears of the king that a man was living in an inn on the other side of the town who declared himself able to cure all manner of diseases. Who acts: Matters, catching, king, town. 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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 (Matters, catching, king, town), 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:pg2435:12:44 # text = Matters had been in this state for more than a week when it reached the ears of the king that a man was living in an inn on the other side of the town who declared himself able to cure all manner of diseases. 1 Matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 3 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 11 advmod _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 diseases disease NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | Matters | | | this state | week | | tree rules | | 2 | **reach** | past | catching | the ears of the king | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 3 | **live** | past · progressive | the king | | | a inn | | on the other side of the town | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in inn=Location | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the town | king | | | | able *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | | 5 | **cure** | to-infinitive | the town *not said here* | all manner of diseases | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer manner=Source | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/45/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)