--- title: The King, in despair, had ordered every man who entered the city gat… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The King, in despair, had ordered every man who entered the city gates to be led before the Princess; so, much to the lad's impatience, for he was in an immense hurry to find his mothers' eyes, he was dragged into the presence-chamber. Who acts: King, 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 (King, 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:pg7128:19:20 # text = The King, in despair, had ordered every man who entered the city gates to be led before the Princess; so, much to the lad's impatience, for he was in an immense hurry to find his mothers' eyes, he was dragged into the presence-chamber. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 ordered order VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 much much ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 immense immense ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ' 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 dragged drag VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past · perfect | the King | | every man | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **enter** | past | every man | the city gates | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gate=Destination | | 3 | **lead** | to-infinitive · passive | every man *not said here* | the city gates *not said here* | | | before the Princess | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: before princess=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | King | | | a immense hurry | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | man's mothers's eyes | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Topic | | 6 | **drag** | past · passive | | King | | the presence chamber | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/21/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)