--- title: He therefore called his workmen together, and bade them dig a deep r… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He therefore called his workmen together, and bade them dig a deep round hole in the earth, and then he had a prison of brass built in the hole, and then, when it was finished, he locked up his daughter. Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:pg503:27:4 # text = He therefore called his workmen together, and bade them dig a deep round hole in the earth, and then he had a prison of brass built in the hole, and then, when it was finished, he locked up his daughter. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 dig dig VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | king | king's workmen | | | | therefore, together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent workman=Recipient | | 2 | **dig** | present | king *not said here* | bade | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hole=Theme in earth=Location | | 3 | **have** | past | king | a prison of brass | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prison=Patient | | 4 | **build** | participle | | brass *not said here* | | | | in the hole | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hole=Attribute | | 5 | **finish** | past · passive | | hole | | | then | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **lock up** | past | king | king's daughter | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/5/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)