--- title: Blockhead-Hans became King, got a wife and a crown, and sat on the t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Blockhead-Hans became King, got a wife and a crown, and sat on the throne; and this we have still damp from the newspaper of the editor and the reporters--and they are not to be believed for a moment. Who acts: Blockhead. 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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 (Blockhead), 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:pg640:50:183 # text = Blockhead-Hans became King, got a wife and a crown, and sat on the throne; and this we have still damp from the newspaper of the editor and the reporters--and they are not to be believed for a moment. 1 Blockhead blockhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Hans Hans PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 damp damp ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 26 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 editor editor NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 reporters reporter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 -- -- PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | Blockhead | | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **get** | past | Blockhead *not said here* | a wife and a crown | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 3 | **sit** | past | Blockhead *not said here* | | | the throne | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location | | 4 | **not** **believe** | present · passive | | reporters *= reporter* | | | moment | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/182/) - next →: [A Story About a Darning-needle, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/51/1/) - ↑ back to [The Steadfast Tin-soldier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/50/)