--- title: Then he had a ton of gold brought, which sixteen of the strongest me… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he had a ton of gold brought, which sixteen of the strongest men had to carry; but the strong man seized it with one hand, put it in the sack, saying, ‘Why don’t you bring me more? Who acts: King, strongest men, strong man, you. 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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, strongest men, strong man, you), 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:pg640:19:65 # text = Then he had a ton of gold brought, which sixteen of the strongest men had to carry; but the strong man seized it with one hand, put it in the sack, saying, ‘Why don’t you bring me more? 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 ton ton NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 11 det _ _ 11 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 parataxis _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 40 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 41 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | King | a ton of gold | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ton=Patient | | 2 | **bring** | participle | | a ton of gold *not said here* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | past | the strongest men | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | the strongest men *not said here* | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seize** | past | the strong man | ton | | | | with one hand | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **put** | infinitive | King *not said here* | ton | | the sack | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in sack=Destination | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **not** **bring** | present · do-support | you | more | me | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination more=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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/pg640/19/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/66/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/)