--- title: One day he went again to the king and said, ‘These eleven brothers h… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day he went again to the king and said, ‘These eleven brothers have now procured the dove and the boar, but they can do much more than that; I know they have said that if they liked they could get for the king a lamp that can shine over seven kingdoms.’ Who acts: Sir, brothers, I, lamp. 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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 (Sir, brothers, I, lamp), 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:pg5615:28:104 # text = One day he went again to the king and said, ‘These eleven brothers have now procured the dove and the boar, but they can do much more than that; I know they have said that if they liked they could get for the king a lamp that can shine over seven kingdoms.’ 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 18 advmod _ _ 18 procured procure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 boar boar NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 29 much much ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 28 obj _ _ 31 than than ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 43 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 shine shine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 over over ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Sir | | | | again; day | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Sir *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **procure** | present · perfect · passive | | this eleven brothers | | | now | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary dove=Theme | | 4 | **do** | can | brothers *= brother* | more | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality | | 5 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **like** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **get** | could | brothers *= brother* | a lamp | | | | for the king | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme for king=Beneficiary | | 9 | **shine** | can | a lamp | seven kingdoms | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/105/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/)