--- title: He tried to reason with his son, and told him that during all these… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He tried to reason with his son, and told him that during all these years he had been looking forward to his return, in order to resign his throne and its cares, which pressed so heavily upon him. Who acts: king, throne, order. 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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, throne, order), 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:pg2435:18:68 # text = He tried to reason with his son, and told him that during all these years he had been looking forward to his return, in order to resign his throne and its cares, which pressed so heavily upon him. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP TO _ 4 case _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obj _ _ 13 during during ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux _ _ 20 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 21 forward forward ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 29 mark _ _ 27 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 fixed _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 resign resign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 cares care NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 heavily heavily ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past | king | | | | | to reason with king's son | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | king | | year | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **look** | past · perfect · progressive | king | | | | | to king's return; forward *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to return=Theme | | 4 | **resign** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | king's throne and order's cares | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent throne=Theme | | 5 | **press** | past | king's throne and order's cares | | | | | upon king; heavily *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **return** | | king | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **care** | | order | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/69/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/18/)