--- title: Then a servant fetched in the polluted, blue-eyed headsman, who aske… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then a servant fetched in the polluted, blue-eyed headsman, who asked: “Whose sun of life has come near its setting?” took the prince by the arm, placed him upon the cloth of execution, and then, all merciless and stony hearted, cut his head from his body and hung it on the battlements. 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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 (blue eyed headsman, sun, servant, all), 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:pg3282:2:10 # text = Then a servant fetched in the polluted, blue-eyed headsman, who asked: “Whose sun of life has come near its setting?” took the prince by the arm, placed him upon the cloth of execution, and then, all merciless and stony hearted, cut his head from his body and hung it on the battlements. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 4 fetched fetch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 7 polluted pollute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 eyed eyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 headsman headsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 17 “ " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 24 near near ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 setting setting NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 45 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 nsubj _ _ 48 merciless merciless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 stony stony ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ _ 51 hearted heart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 hung hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 conj _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 on on ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 battlements battlement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fetch** | participle | | a servant *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | participle | | | | the blue eyed headsman | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the blue eyed headsman | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *in a quote* | present · perfect | sun of life | | | servant's setting | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near setting=Location | | 5 | **take** | past | a servant | | the prince | | then | by the arm | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument prince=Destination | | 6 | **place** | past | a servant *not said here* | prince | | the cloth of execution | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon cloth=Destination | | 7 | **heart** | past | all | | | | then | | tree rules | | 8 | **cut** | past | | prince's head | | prince's body | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset head=Product from body=Material | | 9 | **hang** | past | | head | | the battlements | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on battlement=Destination | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/11/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/)