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title: And so he did; but first he asked for the copper apple from the youn… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: And so he did; but first he asked for the copper apple from the younger princess, and when all the soldiers were drawn up there were such numbers that there was barely room for them. Who acts: two, such numbers. A sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3, w
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3, sentence 64

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And so he did; but first he asked for the copper apple from the younger princess, and when all the soldiers were drawn up there were such numbers that there was barely room for them.

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**Who acts:** two, such numbers · **What happens:** do, ask, draw up, be · **To what, where:** soldiers, room

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (two, such numbers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg2435:3:64
# text = And so he did; but first he asked for the copper apple from the younger princess, and when all the soldiers were drawn up there were such numbers that there was barely room for them.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	advcl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
20	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	25	mark	_	_
21	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	23	det:predet	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
24	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux:pass	_	_
25	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	ccomp	_	_
26	up	up	ADP	RP	_	25	compound:prt	_	_
27	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	25	advmod	_	_
28	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
29	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
31	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
32	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	33	expl	_	_
33	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
35	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | two |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | two |  |  |  |  | for the copper apple from the younger princess; first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **draw up** | past · passive |  | all soldiers |  | there |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | past | such numbers | room |  |  |  | for soldiers *= soldier* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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