--- title: One day, when the king was lying on his bed racked with pain, he hea… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, when the king was lying on his bed racked with pain, he heard the noise of a scuffle going on in his antechamber, and rang a golden bell that stood by his side to summon one of his servants. Who acts: king, scuffle, golden bell. 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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, scuffle, golden bell), 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:pg3027:37:85 # text = One day, when the king was lying on his bed racked with pain, he heard the noise of a scuffle going on in his antechamber, and rang a golden bell that stood by his side to summon one of his servants. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 12 racked rack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 scuffle scuffle NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 24 on on ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 antechamber antechamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | the king | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rack** | past | | | | king's bed | day | with pain | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with pain=Instrument | | 3 | **hear** | past | king | the noise of a scuffle | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 4 | **go on** | gerund | a scuffle *not said here* | | | king's antechamber | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in antechamber=Location | | 5 | **ring** | past | king *not said here* | a golden bell | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | | 6 | **stand** | past | a golden bell | | | | | by king's side | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | | 7 | **summon** | to-infinitive | a golden bell *not said here* | one of king's servants | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 8 | **noise** | | a scuffle | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/)