--- title: So they went in and ordered dinner, and when they had finished the k… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they went in and ordered dinner, and when they had finished the king’s son drew out of his pocket the last apple, and cut it into two unequal parts, and held both out to the stranger. Who acts: miles, finished son. 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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 (miles, finished son), 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:pg2435:37:68 # text = So they went in and ordered dinner, and when they had finished the king’s son drew out of his pocket the last apple, and cut it into two unequal parts, and held both out to the stranger. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 amod _ _ 7 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 19 out out ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 unequal unequal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 both both ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 out out ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go in** | past | miles *= mile* | ordered dinner | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **order** | participle | | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **finish** | past · perfect | miles *= mile* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **draw out** | past | the king's finished son | son's pocket | | | | | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent apple=Beneficiary pocket=Result | | 5 | **cut** | past | | pocket | | two unequal parts | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into part=Product | | 6 | **hold** | past | miles *= mile* *not said here* | | | | | to the stranger; out *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/69/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)