--- title: Next morning, when the King sent for his twelve huntsmen, and they p… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Next morning, when the King sent for his twelve huntsmen, and they passed through the ante-room which was plentifully strewn with peas, they trod so firmly and walked with such a steady, strong step that not a single pea rolled away or even so much as stirred. 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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, huntsmen, ante room, peas), 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:pg7277:43:31 # text = Next morning, when the King sent for his twelve huntsmen, and they passed through the ante-room which was plentifully strewn with peas, they trod so firmly and walked with such a steady, strong step that not a single pea rolled away or even so much as stirred. 1 Next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 huntsmen huntsman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 ante ante NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 plentifully plentifully ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 strewn strewn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 trod tread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 firmly firmly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 35 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 40 det:predet _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 37 steady steady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 46 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 even even ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 so so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 52 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 53 stirred stir VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the King | | | | morning | for King's twelve huntsmen | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pass** | past | huntsmen *= huntsman* | | | the ante room | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through room=Location | | 3 | **is** | past | the ante room | | | | | with peas; plentifully, strewn *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tread** | past | peas *= pea* | | | | | firmly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **walk** | past | peas *= pea* *not said here* | | | | | with such steady strong step | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **pea** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **roll away** | participle | | a single pea *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **stir** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/32/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/)