--- title: Now, in the days that the king, his father, was alive, and he had ev… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, in the days that the king, his father, was alive, and he had everything to eat he could possibly wish for, the prince always had wild duck for his birthday dinner, so he quickly fitted an arrow to his bow and took a careful aim. Who acts: that, king, everything, prince. 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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 (that, king, everything, prince), 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:pg2435:20:107 # text = Now, in the days that the king, his father, was alive, and he had everything to eat he could possibly wish for, the prince always had wild duck for his birthday dinner, so he quickly fitted an arrow to his bow and took a careful aim. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 19 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 31 advmod _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 32 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 fitted fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 aim aim NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | that | | | | now; day | alive *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | king | everything | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | everything *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **wish** | could | king | | | | | possibly *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **have** | past | the prince | wild duck | | | | for duck's birthday dinner; always *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Patient | | 6 | **fit** | past | duck | a arrow | | | | to duck's bow *goal*; quickly *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient to bow=Goal | | 7 | **take** | past | duck *not said here* | a careful aim | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aim=Theme | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/108/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/)