--- title: He spake to the King: “Your loyalty shall be rewarded,” and taking u… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He spake to the King: “Your loyalty shall be rewarded,” and taking up the heads of the children, he placed them on their bodies, smeared the wounds with their blood, and in a minute they were all right again and jumping about as if nothing had happened. Who acts: spake, king, children, nothing. 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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 (spake, king, children, nothing), 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:pg503:41:111 # text = He spake to the King: “Your loyalty shall be rewarded,” and taking up the heads of the children, he placed them on their bodies, smeared the wounds with their blood, and in a minute they were all right again and jumping about as if nothing had happened. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spake speak NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 loyalty loyalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 rewarded reward VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 smeared smear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wounds wound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 44 all all ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 right right ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 jumping jump VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 49 about about ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 51 if if SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 54 nsubj _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reward** *in a quote* | shall · passive | spake to the King *not said here* | Your loyalty | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take up** | gerund | spake to the King *not said here* | the heads of the children | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 3 | **place** | past | king | children *= child* | | children's bodies | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on body=Destination | | 4 | **smear** | past | king *not said here* | the wounds | | | | with children's blood | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent wound=Destination with blood=Theme | | 5 | **jump about** | past · progressive | children *= child* | | | | again; minute | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | nothing | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/112/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)