--- title: Frisk did as he was told, and as he knew of no better kitchen than t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Frisk did as he was told, and as he knew of no better kitchen than the King’s, he went in softly, and when the cook’s back was turned took everything that was upon the spit, As it happened it was all done to a turn, and looked so good that it made him hungry only to see it. 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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 (Frisk, it, back), 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:pg540:11:241 # text = Frisk did as he was told, and as he knew of no better kitchen than the King’s, he went in softly, and when the cook’s back was turned took everything that was upon the spit, As it happened it was all done to a turn, and looked so good that it made him hungry only to see it. 1 Frisk frisk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 15 det _ _ 14 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 amod _ _ 15 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 than than ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 softly softly ADV RB _ 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 33 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 34 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 spit spit NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 As as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 all all ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 parataxis _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 xcomp _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 xcomp _ _ 62 only only ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 advcl _ _ 65 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Frisk | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | Frisk | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **know** | past | Frisk | | | | | of no better kitchen than the King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of kitchen=Stimulus | | 4 | **go** | past | Frisk | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in softly=Location | | 5 | **turn** | past · passive | | the cook's back | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **take** | past | | everything | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | upon the spit | tree rules | | 8 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **do** | past · passive | | back | | | | to a turn; all *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 10 | **look** | past | | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 11 | **make** | past | back | Frisk | | | | hungry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product | | 12 | **see** | to-infinitive | back *not said here* | back | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 240](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/240/) - next →: [sentence 242](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/242/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)