--- title: Now the King of the country, who was very extravagant and never kept… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the King of the country, who was very extravagant and never kept any money, having heard that Drakestail had some, went one day in his own person to borrow his hoard, and, my word, in those days Drakestail was not a little proud of having lent money to the King. Who acts: King, Drakestail, my. 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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 (King, Drakestail, my), 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:pg540:30:93 # text = Now the King of the country, who was very extravagant and never kept any money, having heard that Drakestail had some, went one day in his own person to borrow his hoard, and, my word, in those days Drakestail was not a little proud of having lent money to the King. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 extravagant extravagant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 16 det _ _ 16 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 Drakestail Drakestail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 23 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 borrow borrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hoard hoard NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 appos _ _ 45 Drakestail Drakestail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 obl:unmarked _ _ 50 proud proud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 acl:relcl _ _ 51 of of SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 52 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 53 lent lend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 amod _ _ 54 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King of the country | | | | now | extravagant *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **keep** | past | the King of the country *not said here* | any money | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 3 | **have** | gerund | the King of the country *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | participle | the King of the country *not said here* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **have** | past | Drakestail | some | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient | | 6 | **go** | past | the King of the country *not said here* | | | | day | in DRAKESTAIL's own person | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in person=Location | | 7 | **borrow** | to-infinitive | the King of the country *not said here* | DRAKESTAIL's hoard | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoard=Theme | | 8 | **not** **is** | past | Drakestail | that days *not said here* | | | | a little *obl:unmarked*; proud *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **have** | gerund | Drakestail *not said here* | lent money | | | | to the King | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 10 | **lend** | participle | | | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **hoard** | | DRAKESTAIL | | | | | | nom hoard «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **word** | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: 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 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/94/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/)