--- title: ‘O kings!’ she said, turning towards them, ‘if one of you were kille… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘O kings!’ she said, turning towards them, ‘if one of you were killed to-day, the rest would fly; but this man put his trust in me, and had his head cut off three times. Who acts: kings, rest, man, head. 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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 (kings, rest, man, head), 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:pg3454:17:64 # text = ‘O kings!’ she said, turning towards them, ‘if one of you were killed to-day, the rest would fly; but this man put his trust in me, and had his head cut off three times. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 O o INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ 3 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 turning turn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 towards towards ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | kings | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **turn** | gerund | kings *not said here* | | | | | towards princes *= prince* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards they=Trajectory | | 3 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive | | one of you | | | day | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **fly** | would | the rest | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **put** | past | this man | man's trust | | | | in me | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent trust=Theme in i=Destination | | 6 | **have** | past | this man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cut off** | past | man's head | | | | time | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **trust** | | man | | | | | | nom trust «possession 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 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/65/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)