--- title: The king watched her till she was quite out of sight, so as to make… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king watched her till she was quite out of sight, so as to make sure that she was not spying upon him; then he took the golden lion into his room and lifted some loose boards from the floor. Who acts: king, 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, 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:pg5615:24:88 # text = The king watched her till she was quite out of sight, so as to make sure that she was not spying upon him; then he took the golden lion into his room and lifted some loose boards from the floor. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 till till SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 spying spy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 37 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 38 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 boards board NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past | the king | woman | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | woman | | | sight | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **not** **spy** | past · progressive | woman | | | | | upon king | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **take** | past | king | the golden lion | | king's room | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent lion=Theme into room=Destination | | 6 | **lift** | past | king *not said here* | some loose boards | | the floor | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent board=Theme from floor=Destination | 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/89/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/24/)