--- title: A pot of hot gruel was instantly prepared, and carried over to the s… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A pot of hot gruel was instantly prepared, and carried over to the sick man, and as soon as the council which was sitting was over, the king and his ministers went to pay him a visit, bearing a message from the queen that she would follow a little later. Who acts: pot, council, ministers, message. 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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 (pot, council, ministers, message), 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:pg3454:21:27 # text = A pot of hot gruel was instantly prepared, and carried over to the sick man, and as soon as the council which was sitting was over, the king and his ministers went to pay him a visit, bearing a message from the queen that she would follow a little later. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 gruel gruel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 12 over over ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 over over ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 bearing bear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 obl:unmarked _ _ 54 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | a pot of hot gruel | | | | | instantly, prepared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **carry over** | past | | | the sick man | | | as the council; over *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to man=Destination | | 3 | **sit** | past · progressive | the council | the king | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past | king's ministers | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **pay** | to-infinitive | king's ministers *not said here* | | king | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient visit=Asset | | 7 | **bear** | gerund | king's ministers *not said here* | a message | | | | from the queen | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Patient | | 8 | **follow** | would | message | | | | | late *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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/pg3454/21/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/28/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/21/)