--- title: So they took Charming, and as a reward for having served the King so… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they took Charming, and as a reward for having served the King so faithfully he was shut up in the tower, where he only saw the jailer, who brought him a piece of black bread and a pitcher of water every day. Who acts: enemies, king, jailer. 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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 (enemies, king, jailer), 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:pg503:28:183 # text = So they took Charming, and as a reward for having served the King so faithfully he was shut up in the tower, where he only saw the jailer, who brought him a piece of black bread and a pitcher of water every day. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux _ _ 12 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 16 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 28 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 only only ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 jailer jailer NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 pitcher pitcher NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | enemies *= enemy* | | Charming | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument charming=Destination | | 2 | **serve** | gerund · perfect | enemies *= enemy* *not said here* | the King | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Attribute | | 3 | **shut up** | past · passive | | king | | the tower | | faithfully *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **see** | past | king | the jailer | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jailer=Stimulus | | 5 | **bring** | past | the jailer | a piece of black bread and a pitcher of water | king | | day | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination piece=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 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 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/182/) - next →: [sentence 184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/184/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)