--- title: When the old King had been carried to his grave Trusty John told the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the old King had been carried to his grave Trusty John told the young King what he had promised his father on his death-bed, and added: “And I shall assuredly keep my word, and shall be faithful to you as I have been to him, even though it should cost me my life.” Who acts: John, king, word, my --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/10/) [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/) / [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/) / 10 # The Blue Fairy Book, Trusty John, sentence 10 When the old King had been carried to his grave Trusty John told the young King what he had promised his father on his death-bed, and added: “And I shall assuredly keep my word, and shall be faithful to you as I have been to him, even though it should cost me my life.” **Who acts:** John, king, word, my · **What happens:** carry, tell, promise, add, keep, be · **To what, where:** old King, grave Trusty, young King, father, death bed, word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Trusty John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (John, king, word, my), 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:pg503:41:10 # text = When the old King had been carried to his grave Trusty John told the young King what he had promised his father on his death-bed, and added: “And I shall assuredly keep my word, and shall be faithful to you as I have been to him, even though it should cost me my life.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Trusty Trusty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 iobj _ _ 17 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 iobj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 25 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 added add VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 32 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 assuredly assuredly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 50 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 cop _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 even even ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 55 though though SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 59 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 iobj _ _ 60 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ” " PUNCT '' _ 58 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive | | the old King | king's grave Trusty | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to trusty=Destination | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | John | | the young King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | king | | king's father | king's death bed | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent father=Goal what=Theme | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | past | John *not said here* | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **keep** *in a quote* | shall | John | my word | | | | assuredly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | John *not said here* | | the young King *= king* | | | faithful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | John | | | | | to king | tree rules | | 8 | **cost** *in a quote* | should | word | my life | John | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme i=Beneficiary life=Value | | 9 | **word** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/11/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)