--- title: This was quite another case, and the king had more talk with the sta… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This was quite another case, and the king had more talk with the stableman, who said that he could easily lend the king the six bushels of money, but would only do it on condition that he should be allowed to accompany the king when he went to pay the debt, and that he should then be dressed like th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/66/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/) / 66 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 27, sentence 66 This was quite another case, and the king had more talk with the stableman, who said that he could easily lend the king the six bushels of money, but would only do it on condition that he should be allowed to accompany the king when he went to pay the debt, and that he should then be dressed like the king’s court fool, and run before him. **Who acts:** This, king, stableman, lie · **What happens:** be, have, say, lend, do, allow · **To what, where:** case, more talk, six bushels, king, money, condition · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (This, king, stableman, lie), 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:pg5615:27:66 # text = This was quite another case, and the king had more talk with the stableman, who said that he could easily lend the king the six bushels of money, but would only do it on condition that he should be allowed to accompany the king when he went to pay the debt, and that he should then be dressed like the king’s court fool, and run before him. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 quite quite ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 stableman stableman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 easily easily ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 lend lend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 bushels bushel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 only only ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 accompany accompany VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 59 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 60 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 62 advmod _ _ 61 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 advcl _ _ 63 like like ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’s 's PART POS _ 65 case _ _ 67 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 72 before before ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | another case | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | the king | more talk | | | | with the stableman | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the stableman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **lend** | could | lie | the six bushels of money | the king | | | easily *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient bushel=Theme | | 5 | **do** | would | the king *not said here* | money | | condition | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 6 | **allow** | should · passive | | lie | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **accompany** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | lie *not said here* | the king | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | lie | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **pay** | to-infinitive | lie *not said here* | the debt | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debt=Asset | | 10 | **dress** | should · passive | | lie | | | then | like the king's court fool | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 11 | **run** | infinitive | | | | | before lie | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Trajectory | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/67/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/)