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title: Then he asked if the hermit could shelter him and his beasts for the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Then he asked if the hermit could shelter him and his beasts for the night, and the hermit said “Yes”; so, very soon the king had watered and tethered his horse, and, after a supper of bread and parched peas, lay down in the cave, with the hound at his feet, and tried to go to sleep. Who acts: king,
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# The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 39

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Then he asked if the hermit could shelter him and his beasts for the night, and the hermit said “Yes”; so, very soon the king had watered and tethered his horse, and, after a supper of bread and parched peas, lay down in the cave, with the hound at his feet, and tried to go to sleep.

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**Who acts:** king, hermit · **What happens:** ask, shelter, say, water, tether, parch · **To what, where:** king, horse, peas, cave, sleep · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, hermit), 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:pg3282:33:39
# text = Then he asked if the hermit could shelter him and his beasts for the night, and the hermit said “Yes”; so, very soon the king had watered and tethered his horse, and, after a supper of bread and parched peas, lay down in the cave, with the hound at his feet, and tried to go to sleep.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	shelter	shelter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hermit	hermit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
21	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	very	very	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	32	advmod	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
31	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	watered	water	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	tethered	tether	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
40	after	after	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	parched	parch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
47	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
50	down	down	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	hound	hound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
58	at	at	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
64	to	to	PART	TO	_	65	mark	_	_
65	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	xcomp	_	_
66	to	to	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | king |  |  |  | then |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **shelter** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | the hermit | king |  |  | night |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the hermit |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic |
| 4 | **water** | past · perfect | the king |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **tether** | past | king *not said here* | king's horse |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |
| 6 | **parch** | past | king *not said here* | peas |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pea=Patient |
| 7 | **lay down** | present |  |  |  | the cave |  | with the hound at king's feet; down *property* | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cave=Destination |
| 8 | **try** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 9 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | sleep |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sleep=Initial\_Location |

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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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