--- title: The soldiers wished to kill him at once, but the king said, ‘Leave h… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The soldiers wished to kill him at once, but the king said, ‘Leave him alone, put me on a chair,’ and the soldiers who were carrying him knelt on the floor, and he slid from their shoulders on to a chair. Who acts: soldiers, king. 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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 (soldiers, 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:pg641:30:48 # text = The soldiers wished to kill him at once, but the king said, ‘Leave him alone, put me on a chair,’ and the soldiers who were carrying him knelt on the floor, and he slid from their shoulders on to a chair. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 alone alone ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 knelt kneel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 xcomp _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 45 on on ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | the soldiers | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **kill** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the soldiers *not said here* | man | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **leave** | infinitive | | King | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **put** | infinitive | | me | | a chair | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme on chair=Destination | | 6 | **carry** | past · progressive | the soldiers | King | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kneel** | participle | the soldiers *not said here* | | | the floor | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location | | 8 | **slide** | past | King | | | soldiers's shoulders | | to a chair | vn slide-11.2-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from shoulder=Initial\_Location to chair=Destination | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/49/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Hassebu](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/30/)