--- title: The King’s physicians will say, This is an impostor, and not a learn… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King’s physicians will say, This is an impostor, and not a learned man,’ and they will make all sorts of difficulties, but you will overcome them all at last, and will present yourself before the sick King. Who acts: physicians, This, ashes, you. 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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 (physicians, This, ashes, you), 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:pg503:2:54 # text = The King’s physicians will say, This is an impostor, and not a learned man,’ and they will make all sorts of difficulties, but you will overcome them all at last, and will present yourself before the sick King. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 physicians physician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 impostor impostor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 difficulties difficulty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 overcome overcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nmod:unmarked _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 41 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 before before ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | the King's physicians | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | This | a impostor | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **learn** | participle | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** | future | ashes *= ash* | all sorts of difficulties | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sort=Product | | 5 | **overcome** | future | you | ashes *= ash* | | last | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme | | 6 | **present** | future | the King's physicians *not said here* | yourself | | | before the sick King | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme | | 7 | **sort** | | | difficulties | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/55/) - ↑ back to [The Bronze Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/)