--- title: Then he answered: ‘When I saw how many people sought you, and could… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he answered: ‘When I saw how many people sought you, and could not find you, and lost their lives in so doing, I invented this trick, and so I am come safely to you.’ Who acts: king, I, many people. 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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, I, many people), 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:pg641:37:25 # text = Then he answered: ‘When I saw how many people sought you, and could not find you, and lost their lives in so doing, I invented this trick, and so I am come safely to you.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 10 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 in in SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 invented invent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 39 safely safely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **seek** | past | many people | you | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 4 | **not** **find** | could | I *not said here* | you | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | | 5 | **lose** | past | king *not said here* | people's lives | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | | 6 | **do** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **invent** | past | I | this trick | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Result | | 8 | **come** | present | I | | you | | | safely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/26/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/)