--- title: He made a proclamation over all his kingdom (and asked his nearest n… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He made a proclamation over all his kingdom (and asked his nearest neighbours to publish it in theirs as well) that whoever could bring him a dozen of the finest pearls the king had ever seen, and could perform certain tasks that would be set him, should have his daughter in marriage and in due time --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/7/) [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 Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [Jesper Who Herded the Hares](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/) / 7 # The Violet Fairy Book, Jesper Who Herded the Hares, sentence 7 He made a proclamation over all his kingdom (and asked his nearest neighbours to publish it in theirs as well) that whoever could bring him a dozen of the finest pearls the king had ever seen, and could perform certain tasks that would be set him, should have his daughter in marriage and in due time succeed to the throne. **Who acts:** king, nearest neighbours, whoever · **What happens:** make, ask, publish, bring, see, perform · **To what, where:** proclamation, kingdom, nearest neighbours, dozen, king, finest pearls · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jesper Who Herded the Hares. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, nearest neighbours, whoever), 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:pg641:24:7 # text = He made a proclamation over all his kingdom (and asked his nearest neighbours to publish it in theirs as well) that whoever could bring him a dozen of the finest pearls the king had ever seen, and could perform certain tasks that would be set him, should have his daughter in marriage and in due time succeed to the throne. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 amod _ _ 14 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 publish publish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 theirs their PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 20 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 16 advmod _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 11 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 33 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 36 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 advmod _ _ 38 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 perform perform VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 43 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 tasks task NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 58 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 61 succeed succeed VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | king | a proclamation | | king's kingdom | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Product | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | king's nearest neighbours | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent neighbour=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **publish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king's nearest neighbours *not said here* | proclamation | | | | in neighbours *= neighbour* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 4 | **bring** | could | whoever | a dozen of the finest pearls | king | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination dozen=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past · perfect | the king | the finest pearls *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pearl=Stimulus | | 6 | **perform** | could | | certain tasks | | | | | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Theme | | 7 | **set** | would · passive | | certain tasks | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme he=Destination | | 8 | **have** | should | | king's daughter | | marriage | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 9 | **succeed** | infinitive | | | | | time | to the throne | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/8/) - ↑ back to [Jesper Who Herded the Hares](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/)