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title: The Black Thief and the King’s sons thought to make their escape, bu… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The Black Thief and the King’s sons thought to make their escape, but they were suddenly surrounded by the knight’s guards and taken prisoners; where they were brought into that dismal part of the palace where the knight kept a furnace always boiling, in which he threw all offenders that ever came i
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 57

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The Black Thief and the King’s sons thought to make their escape, but they were suddenly surrounded by the knight’s guards and taken prisoners; where they were brought into that dismal part of the palace where the knight kept a furnace always boiling, in which he threw all offenders that ever came in his way, which in a few moments would entirely consume them.

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**Who acts:** guards, knight, Thief, sons · **What happens:** think, make, surround, take, bring, keep · **To what, where:** sons, escape, dismal part, furnace, offenders, way

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (guards, knight, Thief, sons), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:8:57
# text = The Black Thief and the King’s sons thought to make their escape, but they were suddenly surrounded by the knight’s guards and taken prisoners; where they were brought into that dismal part of the palace where the knight kept a furnace always boiling, in which he threw all offenders that ever came in his way, which in a few moments would entirely consume them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Thief	Thief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	’s	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
18	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’s	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:agent	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	amod	_	_
27	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
29	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	32	advmod	_	_
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	parataxis	_	_
33	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	36	det	_	_
35	dismal	dismal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	43	advmod	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
43	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	furnace	furnace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	47	advmod	_	_
47	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	43	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
49	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	52	obl	_	_
51	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
53	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	54	det	_	_
54	offenders	offender	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obj	_	_
55	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	57	obl	_	_
56	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	57	advmod	_	_
57	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	acl:relcl	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
60	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
62	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	69	obj	_	_
63	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	moments	moment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	obl	_	_
67	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	69	aux	_	_
68	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
69	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	acl:relcl	_	_
70	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	69	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | participle |  | the King's sons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | sons's escape |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset escape=Product |
| 3 | **surround** | past · passive | the knight's guards | sons *= son* |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 4 | **take** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **bring** | past · passive |  | sons *= son* |  | that dismal part of the palace |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into part=Destination |
| 6 | **keep** | past | the knight | a furnace |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent furnace=Theme |
| 7 | **boil** | gerund | the knight *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **throw** | past | Thief | all offenders |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent offender=Theme in which=Destination |
| 9 | **come** | past |  | all offenders |  | Thief's way | ever |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location |
| 10 | **consume** | would |  | Thief's way |  |  | moment | entirely *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **escape** |  | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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