--- title: “Oh! yes,” said they, “very offensive; and the King would give half… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Oh! yes,” said they, “very offensive; and the King would give half his treasure to be freed of them, for they not only destroy his dinner, as you see, but they assault him in his chamber, and even in bed, so that he is obliged to be watched while he is sleeping, for fear of them.” Who acts: vermin, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/40/) [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/) / 40 # The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 40 “Oh! yes,” said they, “very offensive; and the King would give half his treasure to be freed of them, for they not only destroy his dinner, as you see, but they assault him in his chamber, and even in bed, so that he is obliged to be watched while he is sleeping, for fear of them.” **Who acts:** vermin, King, you · **What happens:** say, give, free, not destroy, see, assault · **To what, where:** bed, treasure, dinner, King, chamber, vermin · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (vermin, King, 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:pg503:29:40 # text = “Oh! yes,” said they, “very offensive; and the King would give half his treasure to be freed of them, for they not only destroy his dinner, as you see, but they assault him in his chamber, and even in bed, so that he is obliged to be watched while he is sleeping, for fear of them.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 offensive offensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 19 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 21 det:predet _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 31 only only ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 assault assault VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 even even ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 57 mark _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 fixed _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux:pass _ _ 57 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 xcomp _ _ 61 while while SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | vermin | | | bed | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | would | the King | King's treasure | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme | | 3 | **free** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | the King *not said here* | | | | | of vermin | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: of they=Theme | | 4 | **not** **destroy** *in a quote* | infinitive | vermin | King's dinner | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 5 | **see** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **assault** *in a quote* | present | vermin | King | | King's chamber | | | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **oblige** *in a quote* | present · passive | | King | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **watch** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location» | | 9 | **sleep** *in a quote* | present · progressive | King | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **treasure** *in a quote* | | King | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **fear** *in a quote* | | | vermin | | | | | nom fear «feeling 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/41/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)