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title: Next morning he carried them into the royal kitchen, and when the ki… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Next morning he carried them into the royal kitchen, and when the king entered, as was his custom, to see what he was going to have for dinner, the bridegroom flung them in his face, saying: “Here is a gift for you in return for the services you asked of me.” Who acts: head, king, bridegroom, gift. 
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# The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 24, sentence 37

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Next morning he carried them into the royal kitchen, and when the king entered, as was his custom, to see what he was going to have for dinner, the bridegroom flung them in his face, saying: “Here is a gift for you in return for the services you asked of me.”

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**Who acts:** head, king, bridegroom, gift, you · **What happens:** carry, enter, be, see, go, have · **To what, where:** chips, royal kitchen, face, return, services · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 24. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (head, king, bridegroom, gift), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:24:37
# text = Next morning he carried them into the royal kitchen, and when the king entered, as was his custom, to see what he was going to have for dinner, the bridegroom flung them in his face, saying: “Here is a gift for you in return for the services you asked of me.”
1	Next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	27	nsubj	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	ccomp	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	_
30	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	bridegroom	bridegroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	flung	fling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
36	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	obj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
43	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	41	advmod	_	_
45	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	cop	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	41	obl	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
52	for	for	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	obl	_	_
55	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	acl:relcl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	56	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | head | chips *= chip* |  | the royal kitchen | morning |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **enter** | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | the king *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as head's custom | tree rules |
| 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | head *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **go** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **have** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for dinner | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **fling** | past | the bridegroom | chips *= chip* |  | head's face |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in face=Destination |
| 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the bridegroom *not said here* |  |  | return |  | for you; for the services | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in return=Manner |
| 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a gift |  |  |  |  | here *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | past | you | the services *not said here* |  |  |  | of the bridegroom *= bridegroom* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent service=Recipient |

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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.

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**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.

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