--- title: The King now sent messengers to the East to look for his son-in-law,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King now sent messengers to the East to look for his son-in-law, and they by good luck met with the old magician who had interpreted the signs on King Solomon’s ring, and thus was possessed of more wisdom than anyone else in the world. Who acts: King, old magician, anyone. 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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, old magician, anyone), 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:pg640:5:194 # text = The King now sent messengers to the East to look for his son-in-law, and they by good luck met with the old magician who had interpreted the signs on King Solomon’s ring, and thus was possessed of more wisdom than anyone else in the world. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 interpreted interpret VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 thus thus ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 46 amod _ _ 46 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 than than ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 43 obl:agent _ _ 49 else else ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the King | messengers | the East | | now | messengers *= messenger* *obl* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to east=Destination | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | for magician's son in law | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for son=Theme | | 3 | **meet** | participle | | good luck *not said here* | | | | with the old magician | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with magician=Co-Agent | | 4 | **interpret** | past · perfect | the old magician | the signs | | King Solomon's ring | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sign=Theme | | 5 | **possess** | past · passive | anyone | good luck *not said here* | | | | of more wisdom; thus *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | 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 193](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/193/) - next →: [sentence 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/195/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)