--- title: Now, when the King saw how a single man was carrying away the wealth… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, when the King saw how a single man was carrying away the wealth of the whole country he was very angry, and made his cavalry mount and pursue the Six, and bring back the strong man with the sack. Who acts: King, single man, man. 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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, single man, man), 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:pg640:19:73 # text = Now, when the King saw how a single man was carrying away the wealth of the whole country he was very angry, and made his cavalry mount and pursue the Six, and bring back the strong man with the sack. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 carrying carry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 very very ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 cavalry cavalry NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 pursue pursue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 37 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the King | | | | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **carry away** | past · progressive | a single man | the wealth of the whole country | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | man | the whole country *not said here* | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past | the King *not said here* | man's cavalry mount | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mount=Product | | 5 | **pursue** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | the Six | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent six=Theme | | 6 | **bring back** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | the strong man | | | with the sack | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=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 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/74/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/)