--- title: The story of the zither soon spread through the town, and on the fol… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The story of the zither soon spread through the town, and on the following morning the king and his whole court and a large crowd of people were gathered at the foot of the gallows to see the youth hanged. Who acts: story. 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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 (story), 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:pg2435:14:59 # text = The story of the zither soon spread through the town, and on the following morning the king and his whole court and a large crowd of people were gathered at the foot of the gallows to see the youth hanged. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 zither zither NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 spread spread VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 hanged hanged ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | present | the story of the zither | | | the town | | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through town=Location | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **gather** | past · passive | | the king and king's whole court and a large crowd of people | | the foot of the gallows | morning | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at foot=Asset | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | | the youth | | | | hanged *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/60/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/14/)