--- title: “Very well, I will accompany them,” replied the king; and he ordered… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Very well, I will accompany them,” replied the king; and he ordered his courtiers and attendants to get ready, and the best horses in his stable to be brought out for himself, Count Piro and the princess. Who acts: king, best horses. 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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, best horses), 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:pg2435:25:102 # text = “Very well, I will accompany them,” replied the king; and he ordered his courtiers and attendants to get ready, and the best horses in his stable to be brought out for himself, Count Piro and the princess. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 24 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 29 amod _ _ 29 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 Piro Piro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accompany** *in a quote* | future | the king *= king* | preparations *= preparation* | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **order** | past | king | king's courtiers and attendants | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent courtier=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **bring out** | to-infinitive · passive | the best horses *not said here* | | | | | for king | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient» | | 6 | **count** | infinitive | the best horses | Piro and the princess | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piro=Theme | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/103/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)