--- title: ‘Bear me to the kingdom of the king under the waves,’ he answered, a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Bear me to the kingdom of the king under the waves,’ he answered, and one little bird flew on to his head, and the others perched on each of his shoulders, and he shut his eyes, and in a moment there he was in the country under the sea. Who acts: you, king, one little bird, others. 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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 (you, king, one little bird, others), 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:pg3454:17:27 # text = ‘Bear me to the kingdom of the king under the waves,’ he answered, and one little bird flew on to his head, and the others perched on each of his shoulders, and he shut his eyes, and in a moment there he was in the country under the sea. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bear bear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 under under ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 perched perch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 31 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 48 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 acl:relcl _ _ 54 under under ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | imperative | you *not said here* | me | | the waves | | to the kingdom of the king | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fly** | past | one little bird | | | king's head | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent on head=Location | | 4 | **perch** | past | the others | | | each | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on each=Location | | 5 | **shut** | past | king | king's eyes | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | king | a moment *not said here* | | the country | | under the sea | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/28/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)