--- title: He was searched, and on him were found papers which proved his crime… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was searched, and on him were found papers which proved his crimes; and, though Rosimond himself came back to the Court to entreat his pardon, it was refused. Who acts: papers, Rosimond, Bramintho. 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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 (papers, Rosimond, Bramintho), 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:pg7277:19:118 # text = He was searched, and on him were found papers which proved his crimes; and, though Rosimond himself came back to the Court to entreat his pardon, it was refused. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 searched search VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 10 papers paper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 crimes crime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 though though SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 Rosimond Rosimond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 nmod _ _ 21 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 entreat entreat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **search** | past · passive | | Bramintho | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Location | | 2 | **find** | past · passive | | Bramintho | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme paper=Attribute | | 3 | **prove** | past | papers | Bramintho's crimes | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crime=Theme | | 4 | **come back** | past | Rosimond Bramintho | | | the Court | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to court=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **entreat** | to-infinitive | Rosimond Bramintho *not said here* | Bramintho's pardon | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 6 | **refuse** | past · passive | | pardon | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **incriminate** | | Bramintho | | | | | | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **pardon** | | Bramintho | | | | | | nom pardon «act 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 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 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/117/) - next →: [sentence 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/119/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/)