--- title: Secondly, there is the Scorpion of Solomon (on whom be peace), which… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Secondly, there is the Scorpion of Solomon (on whom be peace), which is a sword such as no king has; steel and stone are one to it; if you bring it down on a rock it will not be injured, and it will cleave whatever you strike. Who acts: Scorpion, peace, king, one. 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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 (Scorpion, peace, king, one), 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:pg3282:3:95 # text = Secondly, there is the Scorpion of Solomon (on whom be peace), which is a sword such as no king has; steel and stone are one to it; if you bring it down on a rock it will not be injured, and it will cleave whatever you strike. 1 Secondly secondly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Scorpion scorpion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 13 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 20 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 steel steel NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nsubj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 down down ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 injured injure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 cleave cleave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 52 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 obj _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 strike strike VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | the Scorpion of Solomon | | | there | | secondly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | infinitive | | peace and a sword | | Solomon | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | peace and a sword | a sword | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | present | no king | steel and stone | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steel=Patient | | 5 | **be** | present | one to Scorpion | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bring down** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | Scorpion | | a rock | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on rock=Destination | | 7 | **not** **injure** | future · passive | a rock *not said here* | Scorpion | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cleave** | future | Scorpion | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **strike** | present | you | whatever | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Patient | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/96/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/3/)