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title: She told him then that all the kings in the country round about were… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: She told him then that all the kings in the country round about were in debt to her father the troll, and the king of a certain kingdom, the name of which she told him, was the first who had to pay, and if he could not do so at the time appointed he would lose his head. Who acts: girl, king, troll. 
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 26

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She told him then that all the kings in the country round about were in debt to her father the troll, and the king of a certain kingdom, the name of which she told him, was the first who had to pay, and if he could not do so at the time appointed he would lose his head.

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**Who acts:** girl, king, troll · **What happens:** tell, be, have, pay, not do, appoint · **To what, where:** troll, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, king, troll), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:27:26
# text = She told him then that all the kings in the country round about were in debt to her father the troll, and the king of a certain kingdom, the name of which she told him, was the first who had to pay, and if he could not do so at the time appointed he would lose his head.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	round	round	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	debt	debt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	troll	troll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	obl	_	_
35	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
39	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	parataxis	_	_
42	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	43	nsubj	_	_
43	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	ccomp	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
48	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
50	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	52	aux	_	_
51	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	52	advmod	_	_
52	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	conj	_	_
53	so	so	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
54	at	at	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	_
57	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	advcl	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
59	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	xcomp	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | girl |  | troll |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | round debt; to girl's father; about *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | girl |  | troll |  |  | of the name | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 4 | **is** | past | the king of a certain kingdom |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **pay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **not** **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | troll |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **appoint** | past | troll *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **lose** | would | troll | troll's head |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |

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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.

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**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.

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