--- title: Then the King spoke to his Ministers, who agreed that the stipend as… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: Then the King spoke to his Ministers, who agreed that the stipend asked was very large, but advised that he be given four days’ pay, and to see what the soldier should do to earn it. Who acts: King, Ministers, stipend, soldier. 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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, Ministers, stipend, soldier), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:2:42 # text = Then the King spoke to his Ministers, who agreed that the stipend asked was very large, but advised that he be given four days’ pay, and to see what the soldier should do to earn it. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 Ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stipend stipend NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 advised advise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 ccomp _ _ 25 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 earn earn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the King | | | | then | to King's Ministers | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to minister=Co-Agent | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | King's Ministers | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the stipend *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the stipend | | | | | large *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **advise** *speech: other* | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **give** | infinitive · passive | | King | | | | four days's pay *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient pay=Theme | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **do** | should | the soldier | | | | | what *obj* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 9 | **earn** | to-infinitive | the soldier *not said here* | stipend | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 10 | **pay** | | four days | | | | | | nom pay «possession 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/42/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/2/)