--- title: Then the emperor commanded his coach to be made ready, and he took t… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the emperor commanded his coach to be made ready, and he took the youth with him, and they drove to the spot, for he wished to see for himself whether the young man’s confession was true; but when they reached the place only one stem was left. Who acts: emperor, flutes, confession, young man. 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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 (emperor, flutes, confession, young man), 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:pg641:6:25 # text = Then the emperor commanded his coach to be made ready, and he took the youth with him, and they drove to the spot, for he wished to see for himself whether the young man’s confession was true; but when they reached the place only one stem was left. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obl _ _ 34 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 confession confession NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 46 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 only only ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 51 stem stem NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **command** | past | the emperor | emperor's coach | | | then | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent coach=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | the emperor *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 3 | **take** | past | emperor | the youth | | | | with youth | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Theme | | 4 | **drive** | past | flutes *= flute* | | | the spot | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to spot=Trajectory | | 5 | **wish** | past | emperor | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | emperor *not said here* | | | | | for emperor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is** | past | the young man's confession | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **reach** | past | flutes *= flute* | the place | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 9 | **leave** | past · passive | | one stem | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **confess** | | the young man | | | | | | nom confession «communication transitive»: poss=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/26/) - ↑ back to [The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/6/)