--- title: In order to set about his plan the king asked both the young men to… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In order to set about his plan the king asked both the young men to dinner, and when they arrived at the castle he received them with the utmost kindness, and sent for his daughter, who was more lovely than both the sun and moon put together. Who acts: king, son, daughter. 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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 (king, son, daughter), 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:pg2435:37:77 # text = In order to set about his plan the king asked both the young men to dinner, and when they arrived at the castle he received them with the utmost kindness, and sent for his daughter, who was more lovely than both the sun and moon put together. 1 In in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 4 mark _ _ 2 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 both both CCONJ CC _ 14 cc:preconj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 42 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 parataxis _ _ 43 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 both both CCONJ CC _ 46 cc:preconj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 49 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 50 together together ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | to-infinitive | | | | | | about son's plan the young men to dinner | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent about plan=Destination | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king | son's plan the young men to dinner *not said here* | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent plan=Recipient | | 3 | **arrive** | past | king | | | the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **receive** | past | son | king | | | | with the utmost kindness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **send** | past | son *not said here* | | | | | for son's daughter | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | son's daughter | | | | | than the sun and moon; lovely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **put together** | participle | | the sun and moon *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **plan** | | son | | | | | | nom plan «cognition 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/78/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)