--- title: Thereupon, in spite of the King’s orders, the guards gave him an exc… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thereupon, in spite of the King’s orders, the guards gave him an excellent supper, and when he had eaten it he again opened his book, but could see none of the wonderful pictures, which convinced him that he must have been dreaming before. Who acts: guards, noise, King. 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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 (guards, noise, King), 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:pg540:34:44 # text = Thereupon, in spite of the King’s orders, the guards gave him an excellent supper, and when he had eaten it he again opened his book, but could see none of the wonderful pictures, which convinced him that he must have been dreaming before. 1 Thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 again again ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 34 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 33 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 pictures picture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 convinced convince VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux _ _ 47 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 aux _ _ 48 dreaming dream VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 49 before before ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the guards | a excellent supper | noise | spite of the King's orders | | thereupon *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient supper=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | past · perfect | noise | supper | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **open** | past | noise | noise's book | | | again | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location book=Theme | | 4 | **see** | could | the guards *not said here* | none | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer none=Stimulus | | 5 | **convince** | past | | noise | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 6 | **dream** | must · perfect · progressive | noise | | | | | before *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **spite** | | | the King's orders | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **order** | | the King | | | | | | nom order «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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/45/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/)