--- title: The other stable-boys had heard him doing this, so they peeped throu… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The other stable-boys had heard him doing this, so they peeped through the key-hole into his room, and saw that he was kneeling there before a picture; so they told everyone that every morning and evening the youth knelt down and prayed to an idol which he had; and at last they went to the King hims --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/39/) [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/) / [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/) / 39 # The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 39 The other stable-boys had heard him doing this, so they peeped through the key-hole into his room, and saw that he was kneeling there before a picture; so they told everyone that every morning and evening the youth knelt down and prayed to an idol which he had; and at last they went to the King himself, and begged that he too would peep through the key-hole, and see for himself what the youth did. **Who acts:** other stable boys, brother, nose, youth · **What happens:** hear, do, peep, see, kneel, tell · **To what, where:** nose, this, picture, everyone, idol, last · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Bushy Bride. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (other stable boys, brother, nose, youth), 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:pg540:47:39 # text = The other stable-boys had heard him doing this, so they peeped through the key-hole into his room, and saw that he was kneeling there before a picture; so they told everyone that every morning and evening the youth knelt down and prayed to an idol which he had; and at last they went to the King himself, and begged that he too would peep through the key-hole, and see for himself what the youth did. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 stable stable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 peeped peep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 kneeling kneel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 31 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 37 obj _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 47 down down ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 prayed pray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 idol idol NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obj _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 at at ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 obl _ _ 60 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 61 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 65 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 68 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 69 that that SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 70 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 71 too too ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 72 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 peep peep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 ccomp _ _ 74 through through ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 76 key key NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 77 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 76 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 81 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 82 for for ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 83 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 81 obl _ _ 84 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 87 obj _ _ 85 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 86 det _ _ 86 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nsubj _ _ 87 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | the other stable boys | nose | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the other stable boys *not said here* | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 3 | **peep** | past | brother | | | | | through the key hole into nose's room | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme | | 4 | **see** | past | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **kneel** | past · progressive | nose | | | a picture; there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before picture=Location | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | brother | | everyone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | | 7 | **kneel down** | past | the youth | | | | morning | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **pray** | participle | the youth *not said here* | | | | | to a idol | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **have** | past | nose | a idol | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 10 | **go** | past | brother | nose | | last | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 11 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | brother *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **peep** | would | nose | | | | | through the key hole | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme | | 13 | **see** | infinitive | the other stable boys *not said here* | | | | | for nose | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 14 | **do** | past | the youth | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/40/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)