--- title: Then he offered nine hundred crowns to anyone who caught the evil-do… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he offered nine hundred crowns to anyone who caught the evil-doer, and at the same time ordered that whoever did not keep proper watch over the fields should be killed; but though there were a great many people, none seemed able to protect the fields. 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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, whoever, great many people, none), 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:pg2435:3:7 # text = Then he offered nine hundred crowns to anyone who caught the evil-doer, and at the same time ordered that whoever did not keep proper watch over the fields should be killed; but though there were a great many people, none seemed able to protect the fields. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 crowns crown NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 doer doer NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 21 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 27 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 watch watch NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 over over SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 37 though though SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 39 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 45 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 46 nsubj _ _ 46 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 47 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | king | hundred crowns | anyone | | then | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent crown=Theme to anyone=Goal | | 2 | **catch** | past | | the evil doer | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doer=Theme | | 3 | **order** | participle | | | | | time | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **keep** | past · do-support | whoever | proper watch | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | should · passive | | the fields | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **be** | past | a great many people | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **seem** | past | none | | | | | able *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **protect** | to-infinitive | none *not said here* | the fields | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Beneficiary | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/8/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)