--- title: Directly he reached his palace he wrote a letter to the king of the… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Directly he reached his palace he wrote a letter to the king of the land of the north, begging him, as a favour, to sell him his slave girl Puruna and her son, and saying that, if he consented, he would send a messenger to receive them at the river which divided the kingdoms. 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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 (king, river), 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:pg3282:33:42 # text = Directly he reached his palace he wrote a letter to the king of the land of the north, begging him, as a favour, to sell him his slave girl Puruna and her son, and saying that, if he consented, he would send a messenger to receive them at the river which divided the kingdoms. 1 Directly directly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 north north NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 33 Puruna Puruna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 40 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 58 divided divide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 acl:relcl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | king | king's palace | | | | directly *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 2 | **write** | past | king | a letter | the king of the land of the north | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to king=Recipient | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | king *not said here* | | king | | | as a favour | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **sell** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | king's slave girl and Puruna's son | king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient girl=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | king *not said here* | that | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 6 | **consent** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | king | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **send** | would | king | a messenger | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 8 | **receive** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | teeth *= tooth* | | the river | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme at river=Location | | 9 | **divide** | past | the river | the kingdoms | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/43/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)