--- title: He then summoned the host, gave him a large sum for his own life, an… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He then summoned the host, gave him a large sum for his own life, and paid the dead man’s debt as well, besides paying him for burying the body, which the murderer now promised to attend to. Who acts: prince, murderer. 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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 (prince, murderer), 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:pg5615:14:110 # text = He then summoned the host, gave him a large sum for his own life, and paid the dead man’s debt as well, besides paying him for burying the body, which the murderer now promised to attend to. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 24 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 18 advmod _ _ 25 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 24 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 besides besides ADP IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 burying bury VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 murderer murderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | past | prince | the host | | | then | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent host=Recipient | | 2 | **give** | past | prince *not said here* | a large sum | prince | | | for prince's own life | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sum=Theme for life=Asset | | 3 | **pay** | past | prince *not said here* | the dead man's debt | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | | 4 | **pay** | gerund | prince *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset | | 5 | **bury** | gerund | prince *not said here* | the body | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme | | 6 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the murderer | the body | | | now | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent which=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **attend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the murderer *not said here* | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/111/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/)