--- title: When the king heard this he ordered his great golden carriage to be… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the king heard this he ordered his great golden carriage to be prepared, and in it to be placed some magnificent robes; and the old woman wrapped herself in a thick veil, and was driven to the castle. Who acts: king, old woman. 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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 (king, old woman), 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:pg5615:18:30 # text = When the king heard this he ordered his great golden carriage to be prepared, and in it to be placed some magnificent robes; and the old woman wrapped herself in a thick veil, and was driven to the castle. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 9 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 10 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 in in SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wrapped wrap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 31 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 driven drive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the king | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **order** | past | King | King's great golden carriage | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Theme | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | King's great golden carriage *not said here* | | | | prepared *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **place** | to-infinitive · passive | | carriage | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme robe=Destination | | 5 | **wrap** | past | the old woman | woman | | a thick veil | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme in veil=Destination | | 6 | **drive** | past · passive | the old woman *not said here* | | | the castle | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: to castle=Trajectory | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/31/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/)