--- title: He wanted to have a report, but Christian would give him none, so he… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He wanted to have a report, but Christian would give him none, so he took him straight up to the king, and announced for the first time that here was the sentinel who had stood guard in the church over-night. Who acts: noise, Christian, first time, sentinel. 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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 (noise, Christian, first time, sentinel), 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:pg5615:7:25 # text = He wanted to have a report, but Christian would give him none, so he took him straight up to the king, and announced for the first time that here was the sentinel who had stood guard in the church over-night. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 straight straight ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 up up ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 announced announce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 32 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sentinel sentinel NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 over-night over-night NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | noise | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | noise *not said here* | a report | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Patient | | 3 | **give** | would | Christian | none | noise | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient none=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past | noise | Christian | the king | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to king=Destination | | 5 | **announce** *speech: other* | past | noise *not said here* | | | | time | | vn order-58.3 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | the first time | the sentinel | | here | | | tree rules | | 7 | **stand** | past · perfect | the sentinel | guard | | the church over-night | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme in over-night=Destination | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/26/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/)