--- title: They were brought out accordingly, and the executioners were just go… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They were brought out accordingly, and the executioners were just going to throw them into the tub, when the King (who was not so soon expected) entered the court on horseback (for he came post) and asked, with the utmost astonishment, what was the meaning of that horrible spectacle. 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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 (executioners, King, Ogress, utmost astonishment), 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:pg503:10:110 # text = They were brought out accordingly, and the executioners were just going to throw them into the tub, when the King (who was not so soon expected) entered the court on horseback (for he came post) and asked, with the utmost astonishment, what was the meaning of that horrible spectacle. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 accordingly accordingly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 executioners executioner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 tub tub NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 23 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 29 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ _ 31 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 horseback horseback NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 post post ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 39 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 53 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 56 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 spectacle spectacle NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring out** | past · passive | | children *= child* | | | | accordingly, out *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | the executioners | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **throw** | to-infinitive | the executioners *not said here* | children *= child* | | | | into the tub *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into tub=Result | | 4 | **not** **expect** | past · passive | | the King | | | | soon *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | past | the King | the court | | horseback | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme court=Destination | | 6 | **come** | past | Ogress | | | | | post *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | past | the utmost astonishment | the meaning | | | | of that horrible spectacle | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/111/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)