--- title: I will manage all that,’ said the king’s son, and swinging himself t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I will manage all that,’ said the king’s son, and swinging himself to a lower branch, he bade his slave go quickly into the town, and bring back with him four strong men and a curtained litter. Who acts: I, king, slave. 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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 (I, king, slave), 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:pg3454:21:18 # text = I will manage all that,’ said the king’s son, and swinging himself to a lower branch, he bade his slave go quickly into the town, and bring back with him four strong men and a curtained litter. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 swinging swing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 20 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 27 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 34 back back ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 38 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 curtained curtain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 amod _ _ 43 litter litter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **manage** | future | I | that | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the king's son | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent son=Topic | | 3 | **swing** | gerund | king *not said here* | king | | a lower branch | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to branch=Trajectory | | 4 | **bade** | past | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | king's slave | | | the town | | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into town=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **bring back** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | four strong men and a curtained litter | | | with king | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=Destination | | 7 | **curtain** | participle | | | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/19/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/)