--- title: The Scullion did as the creature bade him, and the King came with hi… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Scullion did as the creature bade him, and the King came with his sword and swung it three times over the bird, and lo and behold! his wife stood before him once more, alive, and as blooming as ever. Who acts: Scullion, King, wife. 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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 (Scullion, King, wife), 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:pg540:37:97 # text = The Scullion did as the creature bade him, and the King came with his sword and swung it three times over the bird, and lo and behold! his wife stood before him once more, alive, and as blooming as ever. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Scullion Scullion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 swung swing VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl:unmarked _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 27 lo lo INTJ UH _ 33 discourse _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 behold behold INTJ UH _ 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ! ! PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 37 advmod _ _ 37 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 blooming bloom VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the Scullion | the creature bade | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bade=Eventuality | | 2 | **come** | past | the King | | | | | with King's sword | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **swing** | past | the King *not said here* | sword | | | time | over the bird | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme over bird=Trajectory | | 4 | **stand** | past | King's wife | | | | before King | alive *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 5 | **bloom** | gerund | King's wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/98/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/)