--- title: Another of his favourite amusements was to give out that he was not… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Another of his favourite amusements was to give out that he was not well, and could not be seen; and then, with the knowledge only of his faithful Grand Wazeer, to disguise himself as a pedlar, load a donkey with cheap wares, and travel about. Who acts: Another, king. 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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 (Another, king), 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:pg3282:33:3 # text = Another of his favourite amusements was to give out that he was not well, and could not be seen; and then, with the knowledge only of his faithful Grand Wazeer, to disguise himself as a pedlar, load a donkey with cheap wares, and travel about. 1 Another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 amusements amusement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 31 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 Grand Grand ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Wazeer Wazeer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 disguise disguise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 pedlar pedlar NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 load load VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 donkey donkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 wares ware NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 travel travel VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 51 about about ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give out** | past | Another | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | king | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **see** | could · passive | Another *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **disguise** | to-infinitive | | king | | | | as a pedlar | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination | | 5 | **load** | infinitive | | | a donkey | | | with cheap wares | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent donkey=Destination with ware=Theme | | 6 | **travel** | infinitive | | | | | | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **amuse** | | king | | | | | | nom amusement «feeling 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/4/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)