--- title: The King, who never doubted the truth of this tale, bade his son go… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, who never doubted the truth of this tale, bade his son go to rest at once and recover from the fatigues of the night; but he himself went and ordered many feasts to be held in honour of the preservation of the wonderful fruit. Who acts: King. 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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), 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:pg640:30:54 # text = The King, who never doubted the truth of this tale, bade his son go to rest at once and recover from the fatigues of the night; but he himself went and ordered many feasts to be held in honour of the preservation of the wonderful fruit. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 doubted doubt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 fatigues fatigue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 31 nmod:unmarked _ _ 33 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 36 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 feasts feast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 preservation preservation NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **doubt** | past | the King | the truth of this tale and bade | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent truth=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | | 4 | **recover** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | the fatigues of the night | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from fatigue=Source | | 5 | **go** | past | King | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **order** | past | King *not said here* | many feasts | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Theme | | 7 | **hold** | to-infinitive · passive | King *not said here* | many feasts *not said here* | | honour of the preservation of the wonderful fruit | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: in honour=Location | | 8 | **fatigue** | | | the night | | | | | nom fatigue «state transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **honour** | | | the preservation of the wonderful fruit | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **preserve** | | | the wonderful fruit | | | | | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/55/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/30/)