--- title: Things were in this state when, one day, his wife said to him that i… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Things were in this state when, one day, his wife said to him that it was time for him to make a progress through his kingdom and see that his governors were not cheating him of the money that was his due. Who acts: Things, wife, state, governors. 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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 (Things, wife, state, governors), 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:pg2435:23:25 # text = Things were in this state when, one day, his wife said to him that it was time for him to make a progress through his kingdom and see that his governors were not cheating him of the money that was his due. 1 Things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nmod _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 through through ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 governors governor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 cheating cheat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Things | | | this state | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king's wife | | king | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | state | time | | | | for king | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | king's wife *not said here* | a progress | | king's kingdom | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset progress=Product | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | king's wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **cheat** | past · progressive | king's governors | king | | | | of the money | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source | | 7 | **is** | past | the money | | | | | due *property* | tree rules | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/26/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)