--- title: They declared that the pedlar, in fear of his life, had complained t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They declared that the pedlar, in fear of his life, had complained to the king; and that they had been sent to bring the lawless person who had said these things before the king himself. Who acts: men, pedlar, lawless person. 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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 (men, pedlar, lawless person), 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:pg3282:33:72 # text = They declared that the pedlar, in fear of his life, had complained to the king; and that they had been sent to bring the lawless person who had said these things before the king himself. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 pedlar pedlar NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 complained complain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 lawless lawless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | men *= man* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **complain** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the pedlar | | the king | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | | 3 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | men *= man* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | to-infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* | | the lawless person | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument person=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | the lawless person | this things | | | before the king pedlar | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 6 | **fear** | | | pedlar's life | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/73/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)