--- title: So, surrounded by the lion-guard, he slept till dawn, when the king… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So, surrounded by the lion-guard, he slept till dawn, when the king lion said good-bye, and gave him a few of his own hairs and said: “When you are in any difficulty, burn one of these and I will be there.” Who acts: prince, king lion, you. 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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 (prince, king lion, you), 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:pg3282:4:13 # text = So, surrounded by the lion-guard, he slept till dawn, when the king lion said good-bye, and gave him a few of his own hairs and said: “When you are in any difficulty, burn one of these and I will be there.” 1 So so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 slept sleep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 till till ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 bye bye INTJ UH _ 20 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 31 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 hairs hair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 burn burn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 45 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 45 nmod _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 52 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surround** | participle | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **sleep** | past | prince | | | | dawn | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king lion | | | | | good *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | past | prince *not said here* | a few of prince's own hairs | prince | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient few=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | any difficulty | | | tree rules | | 7 | **burn** *in a quote* | infinitive | | one of these | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | future | prince | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/14/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/4/)