--- title: The king’s men told him that a horse-shoer was indeed wanted at the… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king’s men told him that a horse-shoer was indeed wanted at the palace, but he must be one who could lift up the feet of the horse with the golden shoes, and such a one they had not yet been able to find. Who acts: men, shoer, one, feet. 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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 (men, shoer, one, feet), 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:pg5615:15:72 # text = The king’s men told him that a horse-shoer was indeed wanted at the palace, but he must be one who could lift up the feet of the horse with the golden shoes, and such a one they had not yet been able to find. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 shoer shoer NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 13 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 wanted want VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nsubj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 41 det:predet _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 45 yet yet ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 cop _ _ 47 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 acl:relcl _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the king's men | | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **want** | past · passive | | a horse shoer | | the palace | | indeed *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | must | shoer | one | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lift up** | could | one | the feet of the horse | | | | with the golden shoes | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 5 | **not** **is** | past · perfect | feet *= foot* | such one *not said here* | | | yet | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/73/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)