--- title: So the gardener allowed himself to be persuaded, and went away with… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the gardener allowed himself to be persuaded, and went away with the messengers, taking his wife and his son with him; and the King, delighted to have found a real gardener, entrusted him with the care of his garden. Who acts: gardener, king, garden. 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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 (gardener, king, garden), 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:pg503:2:15 # text = So the gardener allowed himself to be persuaded, and went away with the messengers, taking his wife and his son with him; and the King, delighted to have found a real gardener, entrusted him with the care of his garden. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux _ _ 33 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 38 entrusted entrust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | past | the gardener | king | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer himself=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **persuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **go away** | past | the gardener *not said here* | | | | | with the messengers; away *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with messenger=Beneficiary | | 4 | **take** | gerund | the gardener *not said here* | | king's wife and king's son | | | with king | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive · perfect | the King *not said here* | a real gardener | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gardener=Topic | | 6 | **entrust** | past | the King | | man | | | with the care of king's garden | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with care=Theme | | 7 | **care** | | king's garden | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/16/) - ↑ back to [The Bronze Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/)