--- title: The prisoner was all covered with hair, almost like an animal; and a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prisoner was all covered with hair, almost like an animal; and altogether he was so curious to look at that the king locked him up in a strong room and sent out letters of invitation to all the other kings and princes asking them to come and see this wonder. Who acts: Man, king, other kings. 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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 (Man, king, other kings), 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:pg2435:3:15 # text = The prisoner was all covered with hair, almost like an animal; and altogether he was so curious to look at that the king locked him up in a strong room and sent out letters of invitation to all the other kings and princes asking them to come and see this wonder. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 almost almost ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 like like ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 amod _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 43 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 46 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 52 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cover** | past · passive | | the prisoner | | | | with hair; all *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with hair=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Man | | | | | altogether, curious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | at that | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at that=Theme | | 4 | **lock up** | past | the king | Man | | a strong room and sent letters of invitation to all other kings and princes | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **send out** | participle | | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | all other kings and princes *not said here* | | princes *= prince* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | all other kings and princes *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | infinitive | all other kings and princes *not said here* | this wonder | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wonder=Stimulus | | 9 | **letter** | | | invitation to all other kings and princes | | | | | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/16/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)