--- title: So Cinderlad told him whence he came, and that he was brother to the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So Cinderlad told him whence he came, and that he was brother to the two who had watched the seven foals for the King, and then he inquired if he might be allowed to try to watch them on the following day. Who acts: Cinderlad, brother. 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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 (Cinderlad, brother), 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:pg540:49:52 # text = So Cinderlad told him whence he came, and that he was brother to the two who had watched the seven foals for the King, and then he inquired if he might be allowed to try to watch them on the following day. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 whence whence ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nmod _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 31 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Cinderlad | | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | Cinderlad | | | | | whence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | Cinderlad | brother | | | | to the two | tree rules | | 4 | **watch** | past · perfect | brother | the seven foals | | | | for the King | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent foal=Location for king=Theme | | 5 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | Cinderlad | the seven foals *not said here* | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent foal=Recipient | | 6 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | might · passive | | Cinderlad | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **try** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cinderlad *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cinderlad *not said here* | foals *= foal* | | | day | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 9 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/53/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Foals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/)