--- title: He told Labakan that his own name was Omar, that he was a nephew of… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He told Labakan that his own name was Omar, that he was a nephew of Elfi Bey, and was travelling in order to carry out a command given him by his uncle on his death bed. Who acts: Prince, own name, command. 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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 (Prince, own name, command), 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:pg2435:34:45 # text = He told Labakan that his own name was Omar, that he was a nephew of Elfi Bey, and was travelling in order to carry out a command given him by his uncle on his death bed. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Labakan Labakan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 Omar Omar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Elfi Elfi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 Bey Bey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | Labakan | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent labakan=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | Prince's own name | Omar | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | Prince | a nephew | | | | of Elfi | tree rules | | 4 | **travel** | past · progressive | Prince *not said here* | | | order | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in order=Trajectory | | 5 | **carry out** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | a command | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Eventuality | | 6 | **give** | participle | a command *not said here* | Prince | | | | by Prince's uncle on Prince's death bed | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **name** | | Prince | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/46/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/)