--- title: But the king was left raging in his empty palace, and he called toge… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the king was left raging in his empty palace, and he called together his army, and got ready his ships of war, in order that he might go after the vessel and bring back what had been taken away. Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg5615:20:13 # text = But the king was left raging in his empty palace, and he called together his army, and got ready his ships of war, in order that he might go after the vessel and bring back what had been taken away. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 raging rage VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 33 after after ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 obj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rage** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | king's empty palace | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 3 | **call together** *speech: assert* | past | king | king's army | | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** | past | king *not said here* | king's ready ships of war | | order | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | might | king | order *not said here* | | | after the vessel | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location order=Theme | | 6 | **bring back** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **take away** | past · perfect · passive | king *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: what=Theme | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/14/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/20/)