--- title: And when the young man stood before the king, the king spoke to him… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the young man stood before the king, the king spoke to him and said, ‘By your tricks and the pranks that you have played on other people, you have, in the eye of the law, forfeited your life. Who acts: young man, king, other people, you. 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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 (young man, king, other people, you), 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:pg5615:1:81 # text = And when the young man stood before the king, the king spoke to him and said, ‘By your tricks and the pranks that you have played on other people, you have, in the eye of the law, forfeited your life. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 7 before before ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 By by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 ccomp _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 pranks prank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 forfeited forfeit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 45 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | the young man | | | | before the king | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before king=Location | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the king | | man | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **play** | present · perfect · passive | other people | your tricks and the pranks | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 5 | **have** | present | you | the eye of the law | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 6 | **forfeit** | participle | you *not said here* | your life | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 7 | **trick** | | your | | | | | | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/82/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/1/)