--- title: But if he fails to execute this my royal command, then, as a just bu… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But if he fails to execute this my royal command, then, as a just but mild monarch, I shall give orders that you and he are taken, and first dipped in tar and then in feathers, and you shall be executed in the market-place for the entertainment of my courtiers.’ Who acts: son, I, my. 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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 (son, I, my), 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:pg640:33:110 # text = But if he fails to execute this my royal command, then, as a just but mild monarch, I shall give orders that you and he are taken, and first dipped in tar and then in feathers, and you shall be executed in the market-place for the entertainment of my courtiers.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fails fail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 execute execute VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 24 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 advmod _ _ 34 dipped dip VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 tar tar NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 feathers feather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 49 market market NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 entertainment entertainment NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | son | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **execute** | to-infinitive | | this | | | then | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | shall | I | orders | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 4 | **take** | present · passive | | you | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme that=Destination | | 5 | **dip** | participle | | | | | | in tar; first *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in tar=Attribute | | 6 | **execute** | shall · passive | | you | | the market place for the entertainment of my courtiers | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **command** | | my | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **entertain** | | | my courtiers | | | | | nom entertainment «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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/111/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)