--- title: The King immediately summoned the lad into his presence, and said th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King immediately summoned the lad into his presence, and said that he had been informed that he had said that it was in his power to rescue the Princess, so he was now to do it. Who acts: King, presence. 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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, presence), 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:pg540:38:26 # text = The King immediately summoned the lad into his presence, and said that he had been informed that he had said that it was in his power to rescue the Princess, so he was now to do it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | past | the King | the lad | | King's presence | | immediately *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lad=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | | King | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | presence | | | King's power | | | tree rules | | 6 | **rescue** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | King | | | | now | do *property* | tree rules | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/27/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)