--- title: ‘Tell his Majesty,’ said the Simpleton, ‘that his orders shall be ob… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Tell his Majesty,’ said the Simpleton, ‘that his orders shall be obeyed; ‘and forthwith the swift runner unbound the foot that was strung up behind his ear and started off, and in less than no time had reached the world’s end and drawn the healing water from the well. Who acts: Simpleton, swift run --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/87/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/) / 87 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Flying Ship(24), sentence 87 ‘Tell his Majesty,’ said the Simpleton, ‘that his orders shall be obeyed; ‘and forthwith the swift runner unbound the foot that was strung up behind his ear and started off, and in less than no time had reached the world’s end and drawn the healing water from the well. **Who acts:** Simpleton, swift runner, King · **What happens:** tell, say, obey, forthwith, unbind, string up · **To what, where:** Majesty, orders, foot, ear, end, healing water · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Flying Ship(24). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Simpleton, swift runner, 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:pg640:35:87 # text = ‘Tell his Majesty,’ said the Simpleton, ‘that his orders shall be obeyed; ‘and forthwith the swift runner unbound the foot that was strung up behind his ear and started off, and in less than no time had reached the world’s end and drawn the healing water from the well. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 obeyed obey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 forthwith forthwith VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 swift swift NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 runner runner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 unbound unbind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 strung string VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 behind behind ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 44 advmod _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 reached reach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 parataxis _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ’s 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 conj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 healing healing NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 55 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 from from ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | King's Majesty | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent majesty=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Simpleton | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **obey** | shall · passive | the Simpleton *not said here* | King's orders | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **forthwith** | past | the Simpleton *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **unbind** | past | the swift runner | the foot | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **string up** | past · passive | | the foot | | King's ear | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme behind ear=Destination | | 7 | **start off** | past | the Simpleton *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **reach** | past · perfect | | the world's end | | | time | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent end=Theme | | 9 | **draw** | participle | | the healing water | | the well | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent water=Theme from well=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **order** | | King | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/88/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/)