--- title: ‘Yes, it must be the robber,’ said the king, when the fisher’s son w… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Yes, it must be the robber,’ said the king, when the fisher’s son was led into his presence; ‘build a gallows at once and hang him in the sight of all my subjects, that they may behold him suffer the punishment of his crimes.’ Who acts: winner, robber, gallows. 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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 (winner, robber, gallows), 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:pg3454:17:51 # text = ‘Yes, it must be the robber,’ said the king, when the fisher’s son was led into his presence; ‘build a gallows at once and hang him in the sight of all my subjects, that they may behold him suffer the punishment of his crimes.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’s 's PART POS _ 17 case _ _ 19 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 gallows gallows NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 hang hang VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 41 det:predet _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 behold behold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 crimes crime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | must | winner | the robber | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the robber | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **lead** | past · passive | | the fisher's son | | robber's presence | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into presence=Destination | | 4 | **build** | infinitive | | a gallows | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gallows=Product | | 5 | **hang** | infinitive | | robber | | the sight of my subjects | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sight=Destination | | 6 | **behold** | may | gallows | robber | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 7 | **suffer** | infinitive | gallows *not said here* | the punishment of robber's crimes | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer punishment=Stimulus | | 8 | **sight** | | | my subjects | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **punish** | | | robber's crimes | | | | | nom punishment «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **incriminate** | | robber | | | | | | nom crime «act transitive»: 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 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/52/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)