--- title: “What are you doing?” asked the king at last, and the hermit replied… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “What are you doing?” asked the king at last, and the hermit replied that he was reading the fates of men; every one’s fate, he said, was settled from the beginning, and, whatever it were, there was no escape from it. Who acts: you, king, hermit, fate. 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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 (you, king, hermit, fate), 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:pg3282:33:28 # text = “What are you doing?” asked the king at last, and the hermit replied that he was reading the fates of men; every one’s fate, he said, was settled from the beginning, and, whatever it were, there was no escape from it. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fates fate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 settled settle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 48 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 49 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 50 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | present · progressive | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king | | | last | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the hermit | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **read** | past · progressive | hermit | the fates of men | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fate=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | every one's fate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **settle** | past · passive | | | | | from the beginning | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V» | | 7 | **is a** | past | beginning | whatever | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | past | no escape from beginning | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **fate** | | | men | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **fate** | | every one | | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: poss=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 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/29/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)