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title: On his deathbed Elfi Bey called Omar to him, and then told him that… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: On his deathbed Elfi Bey called Omar to him, and then told him that he was not his nephew, but the son of a great king, who, having been warned of coming dangers by his astrologers, had sent the young prince away and made a vow not to see him till his twenty-second birthday. Who acts: Elfi. A senten
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# The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 50

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On his deathbed Elfi Bey called Omar to him, and then told him that he was not his nephew, but the son of a great king, who, having been warned of coming dangers by his astrologers, had sent the young prince away and made a vow not to see him till his twenty-second birthday.

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**Who acts:** Elfi · **What happens:** call, tell, not be, warn, come, send · **To what, where:** Omar, deathbed, Elfi, nephew, great king, dangers · **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 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Elfi), 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:pg2435:34:50
# text = On his deathbed Elfi Bey called Omar to him, and then told him that he was not his nephew, but the son of a great king, who, having been warned of coming dangers by his astrologers, had sent the young prince away and made a vow not to see him till his twenty-second birthday.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	deathbed	deathbed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	Elfi	Elfi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Bey	Bey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Omar	Omar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	nephew	nephew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	34	aux	_	_
33	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	warned	warn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl:relcl	_	_
35	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
36	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	34	advcl	_	_
37	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obj	_	_
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	astrologers	astrologer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
42	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
47	away	away	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	conj	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	vow	vow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	54	advmod	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	advcl	_	_
55	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obj	_	_
56	till	till	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
58	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	60	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	61	amod	_	_
61	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Elfi | Omar | Omar | Omar's deathbed |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent omar=Topic to he=Recipient |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Elfi *not said here* |  | Elfi |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 3 | **not** **is a** | past | Elfi | Omar's nephew |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund · perfect · passive |  | a great king |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 5 | **come** | gerund |  | dangers |  |  |  | by Omar's astrologers | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location danger=Theme |
| 6 | **send** | past · perfect · passive |  | the son of a great king |  |  |  | away *property* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination prince=Theme |
| 7 | **make** | past |  | a vow |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vow=Product |
| 8 | **not** **see** | to-infinitive |  | Elfi |  |  | till Omar's second birthday |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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