--- title: He then bethought him of the king's favourite, and went whining to t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He then bethought him of the king's favourite, and went whining to the palace to beg that his brother, whom he had so ill-used, would give him his protection, and find him a place. Who acts: husband. 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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 (husband), 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:pg3027:31:98 # text = He then bethought him of the king's favourite, and went whining to the palace to beg that his brother, whom he had so ill-used, would give him his protection, and find him a place. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 13 whining whine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bethink** | past | husband | king | | | then | of the king's favourite | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **whine** | gerund | | | the palace | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to palace=Recipient | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **use** | past · perfect · passive | | husband's brother | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **give** | would | | husband's protection | husband | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient protection=Theme | | 7 | **find** | infinitive | | husband | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme place=Attribute | | 8 | **protect** | | husband | | | | | | nom protection «act transitive»: poss=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 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/31/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/31/99/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/31/)