--- title: When the king’s trusted retainer saw his master’s deep sorrow he con… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the king’s trusted retainer saw his master’s deep sorrow he confessed to him that he had spared the lives of the queen and the princes, and had only burned a sheep and two lambs, and had kept the queen and her children hidden in the palace for three years, but had sent her out into the wild for --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/6/) [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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/) / 6 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34, sentence 6 When the king’s trusted retainer saw his master’s deep sorrow he confessed to him that he had spared the lives of the queen and the princes, and had only burned a sheep and two lambs, and had kept the queen and her children hidden in the palace for three years, but had sent her out into the wild forest just when the king was expected home. **Who acts:** trusted retainer, king, master · **What happens:** trust, see, confess, spare, burn, keep · **To what, where:** deep sorrow, treachery, lives, sheep, queen, children This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 34. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (trusted retainer, king, master), 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:pg5615:34:6 # text = When the king’s trusted retainer saw his master’s deep sorrow he confessed to him that he had spared the lives of the queen and the princes, and had only burned a sheep and two lambs, and had kept the queen and her children hidden in the palace for three years, but had sent her out into the wild forest just when the king was expected home. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 retainer retainer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 confessed confess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 spared spare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 lambs lamb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 parataxis _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 48 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 acl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 59 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 out out ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 65 just just ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 66 when when SCONJ WRB _ 70 mark _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj:pass _ _ 69 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux:pass _ _ 70 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 advcl _ _ 71 home home ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | the king's trusted retainer | king's master's deep sorrow | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sorrow=Stimulus | | 3 | **confess** | past | king | | treachery | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 4 | **spare** | past · perfect | king | the lives of the queen and the princes | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset | | 5 | **burn** | past · perfect | | a sheep | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 6 | **keep** | past · perfect | | the queen and retainer's children | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 7 | **hide** | participle | | retainer's children *not said here* | | the palace | year | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location | | 8 | **send out** | past · perfect | king *not said here* | retainer | | the wild forest | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **expect** | past · passive | | the king | | | | home *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **sorrow** | | king's master | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/7/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)