--- title: The king did not believe him, and turning him into an empty room, ba… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king did not believe him, and turning him into an empty room, bade his servants carry in the huge sack filled with wheat and barley, and scatter them in a heap on the floor. Who acts: king, servants. 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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, servants), 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:pg2435:21:27 # text = The king did not believe him, and turning him into an empty room, bade his servants carry in the huge sack filled with wheat and barley, and scatter them in a heap on the floor. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj _ _ 19 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 wheat wheat NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 scatter scatter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | past · do-support | the king | prince | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | the king *not said here* | prince | | a empty room | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme into room=Trajectory | | 3 | **carry** | present | prince's servants | bade *not said here* | | the huge sack | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bade=Value in sack=Location | | 4 | **fill** | participle | | the huge sack *not said here* | | | | with wheat and barley | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with wheat=Instrument | | 5 | **scatter** | infinitive | | servants *= servant* | | a heap | | on the floor | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in heap=Destination | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/28/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)