--- title: The king had already put ninety-nine people to death, when a little… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king had already put ninety-nine people to death, when a little swineherd came to him who had two dogs; one was called “Psst,” and the other “Hush”; and the boy told the king that he would watch over the ricks. Who acts: little swineherd, nine people, boy, 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 (little swineherd, nine people, boy, 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:pg2435:3:8 # text = The king had already put ninety-nine people to death, when a little swineherd came to him who had two dogs; one was called “Psst,” and the other “Hush”; and the boy told the king that he would watch over the ricks. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 ninety ninety NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 swineherd swineherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 Psst Psst PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 “ " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Hush hush NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 watch watch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 xcomp _ _ 49 over over ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 ricks rick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | the king | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset people=Goal | | 2 | **come** | past | a little swineherd | | king | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **have** | past | nine people | two dogs | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Patient | | 4 | **call** | past · passive | | one | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the boy | | the king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **watch** *not said to happen* | would | king | | | the ricks | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over rick=Location | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/9/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/3/)