--- title: All this was soon told to the King up at the palace, and when he hea… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All this was soon told to the King up at the palace, and when he heard what sorrow the woman was in, and the reason of it, he said that he himself would take the child and see if he could not save it. Who acts: fish, woman. 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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 (fish, woman), 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:pg540:26:5 # text = All this was soon told to the King up at the palace, and when he heard what sorrow the woman was in, and the reason of it, he said that he himself would take the child and see if he could not save it. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 2 det:predet _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sorrow sorrow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 in in ADV RB _ 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 34 nmod:unmarked _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell up** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | this | the King | the palace | | soon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to king=Recipient | | 2 | **hear** | past | fish | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **sorrow** | present | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | the woman | | | | | in *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fish | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | would | fish | | the child | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | fish *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **not** **save** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | fish | child | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/6/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princesses of Whiteland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/26/)