--- title: Then, he commanded Ian Direach to go up to the king's palace, saying… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then, he commanded Ian Direach to go up to the king's palace, saying that he had been wrecked, that his ship was made fast in a rock, and that none had been saved but himself only. Who acts: France. 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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 (France), 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:pg3027:7:109 # text = Then, he commanded Ian Direach to go up to the king's palace, saying that he had been wrecked, that his ship was made fast in a rock, and that none had been saved but himself only. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 Direach Direach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 wrecked wreck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 28 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 38 conj _ _ 41 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | France | Ian | | | then | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ian=Theme | | 2 | **go up** | to-infinitive | France *not said here* | | | | | to the king's palace | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | France *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **wreck** | past · perfect · passive | | France | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | | France's ship | | a rock | | fast *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | none | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/110/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/7/)