--- title: The young King went toward it and was about to take hold of it, but… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The young King went toward it and was about to take hold of it, but Trusty John, pushing him aside, seized it with his gloved hands, threw it hastily into the fire, and let it burn The other servants commenced grumbling again, and said: “See, he’s actually burning the King’s bridal shirt.” Who acts: --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/88/) [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/) / 88 # The Blue Fairy Book, Trusty John, sentence 88 The young King went toward it and was about to take hold of it, but Trusty John, pushing him aside, seized it with his gloved hands, threw it hastily into the fire, and let it burn The other servants commenced grumbling again, and said: “See, he’s actually burning the King’s bridal shirt.” **Who acts:** young King, Trusty, palace, other servants, king · **What happens:** go, be, take, push, seize, glove · **To what, where:** palace, hold, Trusty, fire, bridal shirt · **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 (young King, Trusty, palace, other servants), 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:pg503:41:88 # text = The young King went toward it and was about to take hold of it, but Trusty John, pushing him aside, seized it with his gloved hands, threw it hastily into the fire, and let it burn The other servants commenced grumbling again, and said: “See, he’s actually burning the King’s bridal shirt.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 toward toward ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 17 Trusty Trusty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 18 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 pushing push VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 aside aside ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 24 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 gloved glove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 45 commenced commence VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 ccomp _ _ 46 grumbling grumble VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 xcomp _ _ 47 again again ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 52 “ " PUNCT `` _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 See see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 actually actually ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 63 csubj _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’s 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 62 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 53 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ” " PUNCT '' _ 53 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the young King | | | palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme toward it=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **is** | past | the young King *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | the young King *not said here* | hold of palace | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 4 | **push** | gerund | Trusty *not said here* | Trusty | | | | aside *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **seize** | past | Trusty | palace | | | | with Trusty's gloved hands | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **glove** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **throw** | past | Trusty *not said here* | palace | | | | into the fire *result*; hastily *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into fire=Result | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | palace | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **burn** | infinitive | palace *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **commence** | past | the other servants | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund | the other servants *not said here* | | | | again | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **see** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the King's bridal shirt | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shirt=Stimulus | | 14 | **burn** *in a quote* | present · progressive | king | | | | | actually *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 15 | **hold** | | | palace | | | | | nom hold «act 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/89/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)