--- title: At last the king turned to the old man, and said: 'Old man, such a k… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last the king turned to the old man, and said: 'Old man, such a king as this whose signet thou hast, reigned seven hundred years ago; but he is said to have disappeared, none know whither; where got you the ring?' Who acts: last king, thou, none. 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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 (last king, thou, none), 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:pg3027:3:65 # text = At last the king turned to the old man, and said: 'Old man, such a king as this whose signet thou hast, reigned seven hundred years ago; but he is said to have disappeared, none know whither; where got you the ring?' 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 20 det:predet _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 signet signet NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 reigned reign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 compound _ _ 30 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 ago ago ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux _ _ 40 disappeared disappear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 43 nsubj _ _ 43 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 47 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | the last king | | | | | to the old man *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to man=Result | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the last king *not said here* | | | | | as this signet | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | present | thou | this signet *not said here* | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signet=Patient | | 4 | **reign** | participle | | this signet *not said here* | | | year | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | King | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **disappear** | to-infinitive · perfect | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **know** | present | none | | | | | whither *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **get** | past | | the ring | you | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary ring=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/66/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/)