--- title: “Your Majesty,” they said to the king, one day, as he was standing o… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Your Majesty,” they said to the king, one day, as he was standing on the steps of the palace, “that fellow has been boasting again, that if he had the care of your treasures not so much as a gold pin should ever be lost. Who acts: soldiers, king, fellow, treasures. 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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 (soldiers, king, fellow, treasures), 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:pg2435:21:43 # text = “Your Majesty,” they said to the king, one day, as he was standing on the steps of the palace, “that fellow has been boasting again, that if he had the care of your treasures not so much as a gold pin should ever be lost. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 aux _ _ 31 boasting boast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obj _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 53 advmod _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | soldiers *= soldier* | | the king and one day | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | | 2 | **stand** | past · progressive | king | | | | | on the steps of the palace | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | | 3 | **boast** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present · perfect · progressive | that fellow | | | | again | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | king | the care of your treasures | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lose** *in a quote* | should · passive | | a gold pin | | | ever | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **step** | | | the palace | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **care** *in a quote* | | your treasures | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **treasure** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/44/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/21/)