--- title: After crossing several deserts the king arrived at length in a count… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After crossing several deserts the king arrived at length in a country that seemed inhabited, but the instant he stepped over the border he was seized and flung into chains, and dragged at once to the capital. Who acts: king, country, instant. 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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, country, instant), 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:pg5615:30:73 # text = After crossing several deserts the king arrived at length in a country that seemed inhabited, but the instant he stepped over the border he was seized and flung into chains, and dragged at once to the capital. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 crossing cross VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 deserts desert NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 15 inhabited inhabit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 flung fling VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 chains chain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 34 obl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | gerund | the king *not said here* | several deserts | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient | | 2 | **arrive** | past | the king | | | length in a country | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **seem** | past | a country | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 4 | **inhabit** | participle | a country *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **step** | past | the instant | | | the border | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over border=Trajectory | | 6 | **seize** | past · passive | | king | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **fling** | participle | | | | chains | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent into chain=Destination | | 8 | **drag** | participle | the instant *not said here* | | | | | to the capital | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/74/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)