--- title: The retainer was greatly shocked and grieved at the king’s orders, f… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The retainer was greatly shocked and grieved at the king’s orders, for which he could discover no reason; but, as he had not the heart to destroy three innocent beings, he had a great fire kindled, and in this he burned a sheep and two lambs, so as to make people believe that he had carried out the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/60/) [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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/) / 60 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 60 The retainer was greatly shocked and grieved at the king’s orders, for which he could discover no reason; but, as he had not the heart to destroy three innocent beings, he had a great fire kindled, and in this he burned a sheep and two lambs, so as to make people believe that he had carried out the king’s commands. **Who acts:** retainer, king, great fire, people · **What happens:** be, grieve, discover, have, destroy, kindle · **To what, where:** orders, reason, heart, three innocent beings, sheep, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (retainer, king, great fire, people), 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:pg5615:33:60 # text = The retainer was greatly shocked and grieved at the king’s orders, for which he could discover no reason; but, as he had not the heart to destroy three innocent beings, he had a great fire kindled, and in this he burned a sheep and two lambs, so as to make people believe that he had carried out the king’s commands. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 retainer retainer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 shocked shocked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 beings being NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 kindled kindle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 obl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nummod _ _ 52 lambs lamb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 58 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obj _ _ 59 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 ccomp _ _ 64 out out ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ’s 's PART POS _ 66 case _ _ 68 commands command NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the retainer | | | | | greatly, shocked *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grieve** | participle | the retainer *not said here* | | | the king's orders | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **discover** | could | king | no reason | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 4 | **have** | past | king | the heart | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 5 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | three innocent beings | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent being=Patient | | 6 | **have** | past | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kindle** | past | a great fire | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **burn** | past | king | a sheep and two lambs | | this | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 9 | **make** | to-infinitive | the retainer *not said here* | people | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **believe** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **carry out** | past · perfect | king | the king's commands | | | | | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Eventuality | | 12 | **order** | | the king | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **command** | | the king | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/61/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/)