--- title: These people received our countrymen with civility, and therefore th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: These people received our countrymen with civility, and therefore the captain, in order to trade with them, showed them the patterns of the goods he had on board, and sent some of them to the King of the country, who was so well pleased that he sent for the captain and the factor to come to his pala --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/) / 37 # The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 37 These people received our countrymen with civility, and therefore the captain, in order to trade with them, showed them the patterns of the goods he had on board, and sent some of them to the King of the country, who was so well pleased that he sent for the captain and the factor to come to his palace, which was about a mile from the sea. **Who acts:** people, captain, part, country, palace, goods · **What happens:** receive, trade, show, have, send, be · **To what, where:** countrymen, goods, board, some, King, palace This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, captain, part, country), 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:pg503:29:37 # text = These people received our countrymen with civility, and therefore the captain, in order to trade with them, showed them the patterns of the goods he had on board, and sent some of them to the King of the country, who was so well pleased that he sent for the captain and the factor to come to his palace, which was about a mile from the sea. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 countrymen countryman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 civility civility NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 10 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 trade trade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 21 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 patterns pattern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 24 nmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 49 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 factor factor NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 advcl _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 66 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 67 about about ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ _ 68 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 mile mile NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 70 from from ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | this people | our countrymen | | | | with civility | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent countryman=Theme | | 2 | **trade** | to-infinitive | the captain *not said here* | | | | | with captain | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with they=Co-Agent | | 3 | **show** | past | the captain | countrymen *= countryman* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient pattern=Topic | | 4 | **have** | past | part | the goods *not said here* | | board | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Patient | | 5 | **send** | past | the captain *not said here* | some | the King of the country | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent some=Theme to king=Destination | | 6 | **is** | past | the country | | | | | pleased, well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **send** | past | part | | | | | for the captain and the factor | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come** | to-infinitive | part *not said here* | | | part's palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **is a** | past | part's palace | a mile | | the sea | | about *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **pattern** | | the goods | | | | | | nom pattern «cognition 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/38/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)