--- title: And when the groomsman, according to custom, brought in the great bo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the groomsman, according to custom, brought in the great boar’s head on a big dish and placed it before the king so that he might carve it and give everyone a share, the savoury smell was so strong that the king began to sneeze with all his might. Who acts: king, savoury smell. 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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, savoury smell), 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:pg2435:4:33 # text = And when the groomsman, according to custom, brought in the great boar’s head on a big dish and placed it before the king so that he might carve it and give everyone a share, the savoury smell was so strong that the king began to sneeze with all his might. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 groomsman groomsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 dish dish NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 before before ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 31 mark _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 carve carve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 35 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 34 obj _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 savoury savoury ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 smell smell NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 acl:relcl _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 sneeze sneeze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 with with SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bring** | participle · passive | | the groomsman | | the great boar's head | | on a big dish | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on dish=Destination | | 3 | **place** | past | | groomsman | | | before the king | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme before king=Destination | | 4 | **carve** | might | king | groomsman | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **give** | infinitive | king *not said here* | a share | everyone | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient share=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the savoury smell | a share *not said here* | | | | strong *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **begin** | past | the king | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **sneeze** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/4/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/4/34/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/4/)