--- title: As he was playing one day a King, who had lost his way, happened to… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As he was playing one day a King, who had lost his way, happened to pass close by, and hearing the music he was much surprised, and sent one of his servants to find out where it came from. Who acts: cock, King, music. 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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 (cock, King, music), 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:pg7277:48:22 # text = As he was playing one day a King, who had lost his way, happened to pass close by, and hearing the music he was much surprised, and sent one of his servants to find out where it came from. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 16 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 23 hearing hear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 csubj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 much much ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | past · progressive | cock | a King | | | day | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 2 | **lose** | past · perfect | a King | cock's way | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 3 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | close *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | gerund | | the music | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | cock | | | | | surprised *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **send** | past | | one of cock's servants | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 8 | **find out** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **come** | past | music | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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:** «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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/23/) - ↑ back to [Jack My Hedgehog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/48/)