--- title: When this was done he called out to the guards and said that he had… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When this was done he called out to the guards and said that he had considered the matter but after all he could not make up his mind to say what the king wished. Who acts: shepherd, 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 (shepherd, 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:pg2435:3:108 # text = When this was done he called out to the guards and said that he had considered the matter but after all he could not make up his mind to say what the king wished. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 considered consider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 obl _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · passive | | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | shepherd | | the guards | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to guard=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | shepherd *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **consider** | past · perfect | shepherd | the matter | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **make up** | could | shepherd | shepherd's mind | | | after all | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | shepherd *not said here* | shepherd's mind *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **wish** | past | the king | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 8 | **mind** | | shepherd | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/109/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)