--- title: He asked his guards why he was treated like this, but the only answe… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He asked his guards why he was treated like this, but the only answer he got was that he was in the territory of the Iron King, for in those days countries had no names of their own, but were called after their rulers. Who acts: king, only answer, countries. 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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, only answer, countries), 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:pg5615:30:74 # text = He asked his guards why he was treated like this, but the only answer he got was that he was in the territory of the Iron King, for in those days countries had no names of their own, but were called after their rulers. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 territory territory NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Iron Iron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 34 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 45 after after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 rulers ruler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | king | king's guards | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guard=Recipient | | 2 | **treat** | past · passive | | king | | | | like this | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **get** | past | king | the only answer *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | the only answer | | | the territory | | of the Iron King | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | countries | no names of names's own | | | day | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | | 6 | **call** | past · passive | | | | | after names's rulers | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V» | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/75/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)