--- title: Then he took the Troll’s lungs and tongue and put them in his pocket… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he took the Troll’s lungs and tongue and put them in his pocket-handkerchief, and led the Princess back to the King’s palace; and whatsoever had been lacking to him in the way of honour before was lacking no longer, for the King did not know how to exalt him enough, and always set him on his ow --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/) / 30 # The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 2, sentence 30 Then he took the Troll’s lungs and tongue and put them in his pocket-handkerchief, and led the Princess back to the King’s palace; and whatsoever had been lacking to him in the way of honour before was lacking no longer, for the King did not know how to exalt him enough, and always set him on his own right hand at table. **Who acts:** Ritter, King · **What happens:** take, put, lead back, lack, not know, exalt · **To what, where:** lungs, pocket handkerchief, Princess, palace, whatsoever, Ritter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ritter, 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:pg540:45:30 # text = Then he took the Troll’s lungs and tongue and put them in his pocket-handkerchief, and led the Princess back to the King’s palace; and whatsoever had been lacking to him in the way of honour before was lacking no longer, for the King did not know how to exalt him enough, and always set him on his own right hand at table. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 lungs lung NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 handkerchief handkerchief NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Int 34 obj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux _ _ 34 lacking lack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 before before SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 lacking lack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 45 no no ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 53 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 parataxis _ _ 54 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 exalt exalt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 ccomp _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 enough enough ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 61 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 62 advmod _ _ 62 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 66 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 67 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 69 at at ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Ritter | the Troll's lungs and tongue | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lung=Theme | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | Ritter *not said here* | lungs *= lung* | | Ritter's pocket handkerchief | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in handkerchief=Destination | | 3 | **lead back** | past | Ritter *not said here* | the Princess | | the King's palace | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent princess=Theme to palace=Destination | | 4 | **lack** | past · perfect · progressive | Ritter *not said here* | whatsoever | Ritter | the way of honour | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lack** | past · progressive | Ritter *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | the King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **exalt** | to-infinitive | | Ritter | | | | enough *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **set** | infinitive | Ritter *not said here* | Ritter | | Ritter's own right hand | | at table; always *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme on hand=Destination | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/31/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/45/)