--- title: The king, who was weak, listened to what these wicked men had told h… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king, who was weak, listened to what these wicked men had told him, and desired the prince to have the contents of the sack piled into two heaps by the time that he returned from his council. Who acts: 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 (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:pg2435:21:24 # text = The king, who was weak, listened to what these wicked men had told him, and desired the prince to have the contents of the sack piled into two heaps by the time that he returned from his council. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 listened listen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 piled pile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 heaps heap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **listen** | participle | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to what=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | this wicked men | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic | | 4 | **desire** | past | the king *not said here* | the prince | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme | | 5 | **have** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the contents of the sack | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contents=Patient | | 6 | **pile** | participle | | the contents of the sack *not said here* | | two heaps | time | | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into heap=Destination | | 7 | **return** | past | king | the time *not said here* | | king's council | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent time=Theme from council=Initial\_Location | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/25/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)