--- title: However, the king ordered his treasure to pay him three times as muc… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, the king ordered his treasure to pay him three times as much as he asked, and with this Tiidu went down to the harbour and engaged a small ship to carry him back to his native country. Who acts: king, treasure. 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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, treasure), 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:pg2435:12:53 # text = However, the king ordered his treasure to pay him three times as much as he asked, and with this Tiidu went down to the harbour and engaged a small ship to carry him back to his native country. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 24 down down ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 harbour harbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 engaged engage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | the king | king's treasure | | | | however *property* | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent treasure=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king's treasure *not said here* | king | | | time | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | king | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go down** | past | | | | | | with this Tiidu; to the harbour; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **engage** | past | | a small ship | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient | | 6 | **carry back** | to-infinitive | | king | | king's native country | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to country=Destination | | 7 | **treasure** | | king | | | | | | nom treasure «possession 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:** «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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/54/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)