--- title: This time he presented himself before the king and told him that the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This time he presented himself before the king and told him that the youth was so puffed up with what he had done that he had declared he would seize the king’s throne for himself. Who acts: enemy, youth. 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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 (enemy, youth), 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:pg2435:14:53 # text = This time he presented himself before the king and told him that the youth was so puffed up with what he had done that he had declared he would seize the king’s throne for himself. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 puffed puff VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obl _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past | enemy | enemy | | | before the king; time | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | enemy *not said here* | | enemy | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **puff up** | past · passive | | the youth | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | youth | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · perfect | youth | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **seize** | would | youth | the king's throne | | | | for youth | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent throne=Theme for himself=Beneficiary | 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/pg2435/14/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/54/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/)