--- title: But at bed-time the king caused the other young man to be given a po… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But at bed-time the king caused the other young man to be given a poisoned drink, which killed him in a few minutes, for he thought to himself, “If his friend dies the other will forget his pilgrimage, and will stay here and marry my daughter.” Who acts: king, poisoned drink, man, friend. 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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, poisoned drink, man, friend), 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:pg2435:37:78 # text = But at bed-time the king caused the other young man to be given a poisoned drink, which killed him in a few minutes, for he thought to himself, “If his friend dies the other will forget his pilgrimage, and will stay here and marry my daughter.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 If if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 dies die VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 49 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 52 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | the king | the other young man | | | time | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition man=Patient | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive · passive | the king *not said here* | a poisoned drink | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: drink=Theme | | 3 | **poison** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **kill** | past | a poisoned drink | man | | | minute | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | man | | man | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | man's friend | the other | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **forget** *in a quote* | future | man *not said here* | man's pilgrimage | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **stay** *in a quote* | future | the king *not said here* | | | here | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **marry** *in a quote* | infinitive | the king *not said here* | my daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/79/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)