--- title: One day he came to the King and said, ‘If Ring is such a mighty man,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day he came to the King and said, ‘If Ring is such a mighty man, I think you might ask him to kill the wild oxen in the wood here, and flay them the same day, and bring you the horns and the hides in the evening.’ Who acts: Ring, I, 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 (Ring, I, 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:pg640:42:65 # text = One day he came to the King and said, ‘If Ring is such a mighty man, I think you might ask him to kill the wild oxen in the wood here, and flay them the same day, and bring you the horns and the hides in the evening.’ 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 If if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 13 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 15 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 18 det:predet _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 flay flay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 horns horn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 hides hide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Ring | | | | day | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ring *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Ring | such mighty man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | might | you | | Ring | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the wild oxen | | the wood; here | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ox=Theme | | 7 | **flay** | infinitive | | King | | | day | | tree rules | | 8 | **bring** | infinitive | | the horns and the hides | you | | evening | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination horn=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/pg640/42/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/66/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)