--- title: In order to find out the truth he bribed a stranger just arrived at… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In order to find out the truth he bribed a stranger just arrived at Court, one of a nation with whom the King was always at war, and arranged that he was to steal in the night to Bramintho and to offer him untold honours and rewards if he would betray the State secrets. Who acts: King, stranger. 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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, stranger), 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:pg7277:19:114 # text = In order to find out the truth he bribed a stranger just arrived at Court, one of a nation with whom the King was always at war, and arranged that he was to steal in the night to Bramintho and to offer him untold honours and rewards if he would betray the State secrets. 1 In in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 4 mark _ _ 2 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 fixed _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 bribed bribe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 28 advmod _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Bramintho Bramintho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 untold untold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 honours honour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 rewards reward NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 50 if if SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 betray betray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 State state NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 secrets secret NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | to-infinitive | | the truth | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 2 | **bribe** | past | King | the truth *not said here* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent truth=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **arrive** | past | a stranger | | | Court | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the King | | | war | | always *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **arrange** | past | a stranger *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | King | | | | night | steal *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **offer** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | untold honours and rewards | King | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal honour=Theme | | 8 | **betray** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | King | the State secrets | | | | | tree rules | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/115/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/)