--- title: “Bring him to me at once,” commanded the monarch, “and tell him that… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Bring him to me at once,” commanded the monarch, “and tell him that it is the king who sends for him, and that he has never cried in all his life and cannot bear anyone else to do so.” Who acts: monarch, king, man. 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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 (monarch, king, man), 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:pg2435:6:96 # text = “Bring him to me at once,” commanded the monarch, “and tell him that it is the king who sends for him, and that he has never cried in all his life and cannot bear anyone else to do so.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 10 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 ccomp _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sends send VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 cried cry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 42 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 41 obj _ _ 43 else else ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | | man | child | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to i=Destination | | 2 | **command** | past | | the monarch | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent monarch=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | man | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | monarch | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **send** *in a quote* | present | the king | | | | | for man | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **cry** *speech: express* *in a quote* | present · perfect | man | | | man's life | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in life=Location | | 7 | **not** **bear** *in a quote* | can | man *not said here* | anyone | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/97/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)