--- title: So the king, seeing no words would move him, ordered a horse to be b… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the king, seeing no words would move him, ordered a horse to be brought round, and the king’s son mounted it, and took his dead friend before him on the saddle, and rode away. Who acts: king, 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 (king, 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:pg2435:37:84 # text = So the king, seeing no words would move him, ordered a horse to be brought round, and the king’s son mounted it, and took his dead friend before him on the saddle, and rode away. 1 So so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 move move VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 18 round round ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | gerund | the king *not said here* | no words | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **move** | would | the king | son | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **order** | past | | | a horse | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **bring round** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | round *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together» | | 5 | **mount** | past | the king's son | vow | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **take** | past | the king's son *not said here* | son's dead friend | | the saddle | before son | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent friend=Theme before he=Destination | | 7 | **ride away** | past | the king's son *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/85/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)