--- title: Then he commanded a trusty servant to search through the length and… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he commanded a trusty servant to search through the length and breadth of the land till he found a girl fair enough to be queen, and if he had the good luck to discover one he was to bring her back with him. Who acts: maiden, one. 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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 (maiden, one), 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:pg5615:18:5 # text = Then he commanded a trusty servant to search through the length and breadth of the land till he found a girl fair enough to be queen, and if he had the good luck to discover one he was to bring her back with him. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 breadth breadth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 17 till till SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 23 enough enough ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nsubj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | maiden | a trusty servant | | | then | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent servant=Eventuality | | 2 | **search** | to-infinitive | maiden *not said here* | | | the length of the land and breadth | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through length=Location | | 3 | **find** | past | maiden | a girl | | | | fair *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Topic | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | maiden *not said here* | queen | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | maiden | the good luck | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Patient | | 6 | **discover** | to-infinitive | maiden *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **is** | past | one | | | | | with maiden; bring *property* | 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 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/6/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/)