--- title: When the king reached this place he dismounted, tied his horse to th… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the king reached this place he dismounted, tied his horse to the tree, and standing in the middle of the open place said: “If it is true that you have helped my ancestors in their time of need, do not despise their descendant, but give me counsel, for that of men has failed me.” Who acts: king, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/64/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/) / 64 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35, sentence 64 When the king reached this place he dismounted, tied his horse to the tree, and standing in the middle of the open place said: “If it is true that you have helped my ancestors in their time of need, do not despise their descendant, but give me counsel, for that of men has failed me.” **Who acts:** king, middle, you · **What happens:** reach, dismount, tie, stand, say, be · **To what, where:** place, horse, middle, ancestors, descendant, counsel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, middle, you), 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:pg2435:35:64 # text = When the king reached this place he dismounted, tied his horse to the tree, and standing in the middle of the open place said: “If it is true that you have helped my ancestors in their time of need, do not despise their descendant, but give me counsel, for that of men has failed me.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 dismounted dismount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 tied tie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 18 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 ccomp _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 If if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 ccomp _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 ancestors ancestor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 45 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 despise despise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 32 parataxis _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 descendant descendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nmod _ _ 60 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 parataxis _ _ 62 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | the king | this place | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 2 | **dismount** | past | king | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tie** | past | king *not said here* | king's horse | | | | to the tree | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient to tree=Co-Patient | | 4 | **stand** | gerund | | | | the middle of the open place | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | middle | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **help** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | my ancestors | | | time | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ancestor=Beneficiary | | 8 | **not** **despise** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | trees's descendant | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer descendant=Stimulus | | 9 | **give** *in a quote* | infinitive | | counsel | king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient counsel=Theme | | 10 | **fail** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | that | | | | | tree rules | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/65/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/)