--- title: The king then gave an order to an attendant; a costly carpet overlai… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king then gave an order to an attendant; a costly carpet overlaid with European velvet was placed near him, and a dog was led in by a golden and jewelled chain and set upon the splendid stuffs. Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg3282:5:23 # text = The king then gave an order to an attendant; a costly carpet overlaid with European velvet was placed near him, and a dog was led in by a golden and jewelled chain and set upon the splendid stuffs. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 attendant attendant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 carpet carpet NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 overlaid overlay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 European European ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 20 near near ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 28 in in ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 jewelled jewell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 34 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 stuffs stuff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the king | a order | a attendant | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Theme to attendant=Recipient | | 2 | **overlay** | participle | | a costly carpet *not said here* | | | | with European velvet | tree rules | | 3 | **place** | past · passive | | a costly carpet | | | | near king | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme near he=Destination | | 4 | **lead in** | past · passive | | a dog | | | | by a golden | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme by golden=Destination | | 5 | **jewell** | past | | chain | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **set** | infinitive | | | | the splendid stuffs | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon stuff=Destination | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/24/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/5/)