--- title: Not many minutes later, Simon the seventh stood before the king, who… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Not many minutes later, Simon the seventh stood before the king, who explained to him what he wished done, and also that to steal for the benefit of his king and country was by no means a wrong thing, though it was very wrong to steal for his own advantage. Who acts: seventh, king, Simon, no. 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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, king, Simon, no), 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:pg2435:5:53 # text = Not many minutes later, Simon the seventh stood before the king, who explained to him what he wished done, and also that to steal for the benefit of his king and country was by no means a wrong thing, though it was very wrong to steal for his own advantage. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 seventh seventh NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 explained explain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 also also ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 that that ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 benefit benefit NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 by by SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 nsubj _ _ 39 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 though though SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 very very ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 parataxis _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 csubj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 advantage advantage NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the seventh | | | | before the king | late *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before king=Location | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | the king | the king | Simon | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to he=Recipient | | 3 | **wish** | past | Simon | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **do** *not said to happen* | participle | Simon *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **steal** | to-infinitive | the seventh *not said here* | | | | | for the benefit of Simon's king and country; that *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | no | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | it | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **steal** | to-infinitive | | | | | | for Simon's own advantage | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/54/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/5/)