--- title: So saying he ordered his servants to stir up the fire: ‘We will boil… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So saying he ordered his servants to stir up the fire: ‘We will boil the eldest-looking of these young men first,’ said he, ‘and so on to the last, which will be this old champion with the black cap. Who acts: servants, We, Thief. 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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 (servants, We, Thief), 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:pg540:8:60 # text = So saying he ordered his servants to stir up the fire: ‘We will boil the eldest-looking of these young men first,’ said he, ‘and so on to the last, which will be this old champion with the black cap. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 nsubj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 boil boil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 31 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 on on ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 champion champion NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **order** | past | | Thief's servants | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stir up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Thief's servants *not said here* | the fire | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient | | 4 | **boil** | future | We | the eldest | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eld=Patient | | 5 | **look** | gerund | We *not said here* | | | | | of this young men; first *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of man=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Thief | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **is a** | future | | this old champion | | | | with the black cap | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/61/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)