--- title: He gave one of these to the king and another to the queen, and told… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He gave one of these to the king and another to the queen, and told them that before taking them they were to get into bed in a dark room and not to move for some hours, after which they might be sure that they would come out cured. Who acts: Tiidu, summons. 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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, summons), 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:pg2435:12:50 # text = He gave one of these to the king and another to the queen, and told them that before taking them they were to get into bed in a dark room and not to move for some hours, after which they might be sure that they would come out cured. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 before before SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 38 det _ _ 38 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 50 out out ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 cured cure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | Tiidu | one of these | the king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Theme to king=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | summons *= summon* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 3 | **take** | gerund | | summons *= summon* | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **get** | past | summons *= summon* | | | bed | | in a dark room | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into bed=Destination | | 5 | **not** **move** | to-infinitive | | | | | hour | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | might | summons *= summon* | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **come out** | would | summons *= summon* | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **cure** | participle | summons *= summon* *not said here* | | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/51/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)