--- title: He soon found the ruler, who looked at the letter, and said to him,… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He soon found the ruler, who looked at the letter, and said to him, ‘Wait a little while i write the answer;’ but the man was soo tired with his quick walk that he went sound asleep and forgot all about his errand. Who acts: king, ruler, i, man. 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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, ruler, i, man), 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:pg5615:19:118 # text = He soon found the ruler, who looked at the letter, and said to him, ‘Wait a little while i write the answer;’ but the man was soo tired with his quick walk that he went sound asleep and forgot all about his errand. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 found find 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 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obj _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 write write VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 soo so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 42 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 43 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 46 all all ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 about about ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | king | the ruler | | | | soon *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruler=Topic | | 2 | **look** | past | the ruler | | | | | at the letter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at letter=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | king | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **wait** | infinitive | | a little | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **write** | present | i | the answer | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the man | | | | | with king's quick walk; tired *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **sound** | infinitive | man *not said here* | | | | | asleep *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 9 | **forget** | past | man *not said here* | king's errand | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **walk** | | king | | | | | | nom walk «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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/119/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/)