--- title: “I have had another letter from the Sultan,” replied the king, “and… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I have had another letter from the Sultan,” replied the king, “and he says that if I cannot tell him which of three foals was born in the morning, which at noon, and which in the evening, he will declare war at once.” Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg2435:7:86 # text = “I have had another letter from the Sultan,” replied the king, “and he says that if I cannot tell him which of three foals was born in the morning, which at noon, and which in the evening, he will declare war at once.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 50 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the king *= king* | another letter | | the Sultan | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | king | the king *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | can | the king *= king* | | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **bear** *in a quote* | past · passive | | three foals | | | morning | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary which=Patient | | 6 | **declare** *speech: other* *in a quote* | future | | war | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Attribute | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/87/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/7/)