--- title: But at length the king—determined to get the youth into his clutches… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But at length the king—determined to get the youth into his clutches—pacified her by promising her a pension large enough to keep her in comfort; and Nur Mahomed, to his own great delight, was duly enrolled in the king’s army. Who acts: story. 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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 (story), 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:pg3282:33:91 # text = But at length the king—determined to get the youth into his clutches—pacified her by promising her a pension large enough to keep her in comfort; and Nur Mahomed, to his own great delight, was duly enrolled in the king’s army. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 — - PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 clutches clutch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 pacified pacify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 by by SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pension pension NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 24 enough enough ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 32 Nur Nur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 Mahomed Mahomed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 37 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 42 duly duly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 enrolled enroll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | to-infinitive | | the youth | | story's clutches | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer youth=Stimulus | | 2 | **pacify** | past | | discipline | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | | a pension | discipline | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal pension=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | discipline | | comfort | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in comfort=Location | | 5 | **enroll** | past · passive | | Nur | | | | in the king's army *goal*; duly *property* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in army=Goal | | 6 | **clutch** | | story | | | | | | nom clutch «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **delight** | | story | | | | | | nom delight «feeling intransitive»: 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/92/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)