--- title: But after he had got a good breakfast, and tasted well of the king’s… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But after he had got a good breakfast, and tasted well of the king’s wines, he undertook to go on guard again the third night, but he would not do it for less than the half of the kingdom, he said, for it was a dangerous post, and the king had to agree, and promise him this. 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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 (smith, breakfast, king), 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:pg5615:7:65 # text = But after he had got a good breakfast, and tasted well of the king’s wines, he undertook to go on guard again the third night, but he would not do it for less than the half of the kingdom, he said, for it was a dangerous post, and the king had to agree, and promise him this. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 tasted taste VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 wines wine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 28 amod _ _ 28 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 34 obl _ _ 38 than than ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 64 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 63 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · perfect | smith | a good breakfast | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breakfast=Stimulus | | 2 | **taste** | past | | | | | | of the king's wines; well *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **undertake** | past | smith | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **go** | to-infinitive | smith *not said here* | | | guard | again; night | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on guard=Location | | 5 | **not** **do** | would | smith | breakfast | | | | for less | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | smith | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | breakfast | | | | | for a dangerous post | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | the king | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | the king *not said here* | this | smith | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal this=Theme | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/66/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/)