--- title: Then the old King said: “Now I die comforted and in peace”; and then… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the old King said: “Now I die comforted and in peace”; and then he went on: “After my death you must show him the whole castle, all the rooms and apartments and vaults, and all the treasures that lie in them; but you must not show him the last room in the long passage, where the picture of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/7/) [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/) / 7 # The Blue Fairy Book, Trusty John, sentence 7 Then the old King said: “Now I die comforted and in peace”; and then he went on: “After my death you must show him the whole castle, all the rooms and apartments and vaults, and all the treasures that lie in them; but you must not show him the last room in the long passage, where the picture of the Princess of the Golden Roof is hidden. **Who acts:** old King, king, you, treasures, my · **What happens:** say, comfort, go on, show, lie, not show · **To what, where:** old King, whole castle, king, last room, long passage, picture · **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 (old King, king, you, treasures), 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:pg503:41:7 # text = Then the old King said: “Now I die comforted and in peace”; and then he went on: “After my death you must show him the whole castle, all the rooms and apartments and vaults, and all the treasures that lie in them; but you must not show him the last room in the long passage, where the picture of the Princess of the Golden Roof is hidden. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 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 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 comforted comfort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 on on ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 After after ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 vaults vault NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 47 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 iobj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 66 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 77 advmod _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nsubj:pass _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 Roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 76 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 77 aux:pass _ _ 77 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 64 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old King | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **comfort** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the old King *= king* | | | now | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **go on** | past | king | | | | then | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **show** *in a quote* | must | you | the whole castle | king | | after my death | all rooms and apartments and vaults and all treasures *obl* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient castle=Topic | | 5 | **lie** *in a quote* | present | all treasures | | | | | in treasures *= treasure* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in they=Location | | 6 | **not** **show** *in a quote* | must | you | the last room | king | the long passage | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient room=Topic | | 7 | **hide** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the picture of the Princess of the Golden Roof | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **die** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/8/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)