--- title: Then the seventh Simon stepped back a little, cleared his throat, an… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the seventh Simon stepped back a little, cleared his throat, and said: “My trade, King Archidej, is of such a kind that the man who follows it in your kingdom generally loses his life and has no hopes of pardon. Who acts: seventh Simon, trade, man, that. 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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 (seventh Simon, trade, man, that), 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:pg2435:4:123 # text = Then the seventh Simon stepped back a little, cleared his throat, and said: “My trade, King Archidej, is of such a kind that the man who follows it in your kingdom generally loses his life and has no hopes of pardon. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 cleared clear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 throat throat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 22 Archidej Archidej PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 28 det:predet _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 follows follow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 generally generally ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 loses lose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 45 det _ _ 45 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **step back** | past | the seventh Simon | a little | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **clear** | past | the seventh Simon *not said here* | Simon's throat | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent throat=Source | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the seventh Simon *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | My trade | | | | | of such kind | tree rules | | 5 | **follow** *in a quote* | present | the man | throat | | your kingdom | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in kingdom=Trajectory | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | present | that | Simon's life | | | | generally *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 7 | **have** *in a quote* | present | that *not said here* | no hopes of pardon | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient | | 8 | **trade** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **hope** *in a quote* | | pardon | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/4/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/4/124/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/4/)