--- title: The first person that came with a scheme was an old soldier who prom… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The first person that came with a scheme was an old soldier who promised the king that if he would only put some bread and bacon and a flask of wine on the bank of the stream, the gold-bearded man would be sure to eat and drink, and they could shake some powder into the wine, which would send him to --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/66/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/) / 66 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 66 The first person that came with a scheme was an old soldier who promised the king that if he would only put some bread and bacon and a flask of wine on the bank of the stream, the gold-bearded man would be sure to eat and drink, and they could shake some powder into the wine, which would send him to sleep at once. **Who acts:** first person, old soldier, king, bearded man, bread · **What happens:** come, be, promise, put, eat, drink · **To what, where:** old soldier, king, bank, bread, powder, wine This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first person, old soldier, king, bearded man), 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:pg2435:20:66 # text = The first person that came with a scheme was an old soldier who promised the king that if he would only put some bread and bacon and a flask of wine on the bank of the stream, the gold-bearded man would be sure to eat and drink, and they could shake some powder into the wine, which would send him to sleep at once. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 scheme scheme NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 24 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bacon bacon NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 flask flask NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 bearded bearded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 46 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 parataxis _ _ 56 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 57 powder powder NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 into into ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 63 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 65 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 advcl _ _ 68 at at ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the first person | | | | | with a scheme | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | the first person | a old soldier | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | a old soldier | | the king | the bank of the stream | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 4 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | king | some bread and bacon | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent bread=Goal | | 5 | **is** | would | the bearded man | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the bearded man *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | infinitive | the bearded man *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **shake** | could | bread | some powder | | the wine | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent powder=Theme into wine=Destination | | 9 | **send** | would | | king | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 10 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/67/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/20/)