--- title: Now, if your Majesty would give orders that a sack of wheat should b… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, if your Majesty would give orders that a sack of wheat should be mixed with one of barley, and would send for the youth, and command him to separate the grains one from another, in two hours’ time, you would soon see what his talk was worth.” Who acts: Majesty, you, talk, king. 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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 (Majesty, you, talk, king), 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:pg2435:21:23 # text = Now, if your Majesty would give orders that a sack of wheat should be mixed with one of barley, and would send for the youth, and command him to separate the grains one from another, in two hours’ time, you would soon see what his talk was worth.” 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 command command VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 separate separate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 grains grain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 flat _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 49 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 54 obj _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | would | your Majesty | orders | | | now | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 2 | **mix** | should · passive | | a sack of wheat | | | | with one of barley | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with one=Co-Patient | | 3 | **send** | would | your Majesty *not said here* | | | | | for the youth | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **command** | infinitive | | king | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **separate** | to-infinitive | | the grains | | | time | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient | | 6 | **see** | would | you | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | king's talk | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **talk** | | king | | | | | | nom talk «communication 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/24/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)