--- title: And one day when the young King was lying asleep, she called the cap… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And one day when the young King was lying asleep, she called the captain to her, and seized the head of the sleeping King and made him take his feet, and together they threw him into the sea. Who acts: young King, change, King, feet. 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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 (young King, change, King, feet), 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:pg7277:46:39 # text = And one day when the young King was lying asleep, she called the captain to her, and seized the head of the sleeping King and made him take his feet, and together they threw him into the sea. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 10 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 together together ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past · progressive | the young King | | | | day | asleep *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | change | the captain | Queen | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent captain=Topic to she=Recipient | | 3 | **seize** | past | | the head of the sleeping | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | | King | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | King *not said here* | King's feet | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme | | 6 | **throw** | past | feet *= foot* | King | | | | into the sea *result*; together *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into sea=Result | 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/40/) - ↑ back to [The Three Snake-leaves](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/46/)