--- title: One day, therefore, he went to the king, and said that the eleven br… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day, therefore, he went to the king, and said that the eleven brothers who had come to the palace a little while ago, and served as stablemen, could do a great deal more than they pretended. Who acts: Red, eleven brothers, brothers. 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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 (Red, eleven brothers, brothers), 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:pg5615:28:41 # text = One day, therefore, he went to the king, and said that the eleven brothers who had come to the palace a little while ago, and served as stablemen, could do a great deal more than they pretended. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 ago ago ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 stablemen stableman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 40 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Red | | | | day | to the king; therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | past · perfect | the eleven brothers | | | the palace | | ago *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **serve** | participle | | | | | | as stablemen | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as stableman=Attribute | | 5 | **do** | could | | a great deal | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Eventuality | | 6 | **pretend** | past | brothers *= brother* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/42/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/28/)