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title: “Ah! he thinks that now he has changed himself into a king I shall n… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: “Ah! he thinks that now he has changed himself into a king I shall not know him,” thought the old tanuki, and as the king passed in his splendid carriage, borne by his servants, he jumped upon it crying: “I have won my wager; you cannot deceive me.” Who acts: Tanuki, old tanuki, king, you. A sentenc
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32, sentence 53

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“Ah! he thinks that now he has changed himself into a king I shall not know him,” thought the old tanuki, and as the king passed in his splendid carriage, borne by his servants, he jumped upon it crying: “I have won my wager; you cannot deceive me.”

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**Who acts:** Tanuki, old tanuki, king, you, my · **What happens:** think, change, not know, pass, bear, jump · **To what, where:** Tanuki, splendid carriage, carriage, wager, old tanuki · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 32. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Tanuki, old tanuki, king, you), 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:pg2435:32:53
# text = “Ah! he thinks that now he has changed himself into a king I shall not know him,” thought the old tanuki, and as the king passed in his splendid carriage, borne by his servants, he jumped upon it crying: “I have won my wager; you cannot deceive me.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	obj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
22	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
28	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	parataxis	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	borne	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	acl	_	_
38	by	by	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	parataxis	_	_
44	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obl	_	_
46	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
48	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	43	conj	_	_
52	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	wager	wager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	58	punct	_	_
55	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
56	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	58	advmod	_	_
58	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	ccomp	_	_
59	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | Tanuki |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **change** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Tanuki | Tanuki |  |  | now | into a king *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into king=Result |
| 3 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | shall | Tanuki | Tanuki |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the old tanuki |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 5 | **pass** | past | the king |  |  | Tanuki's splendid carriage |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in carriage=Location |
| 6 | **bear** | participle |  | Tanuki's splendid carriage *not said here* |  |  |  | by Tanuki's servants | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **jump** | past | Tanuki |  |  | carriage |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon it=Trajectory |
| 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | Tanuki *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **win** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the old tanuki *= tanuki* | my wager |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wager=Eventuality |
| 10 | **not** **deceive** *in a quote* | can | you | the old tanuki *= tanuki* |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
| 11 | **wager** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom wager «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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