--- title: The Emperor told him he had more than he knew what to do with, and t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Emperor told him he had more than he knew what to do with, and that a new one had been captured that very night for trying to steal his magic bird, but that as he had already more than enough to feed and support, he was going to have this last captive hanged next morning. 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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 (Emperor, that, last captive), 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:pg7277:52:25 # text = The Emperor told him he had more than he knew what to do with, and that a new one had been captured that very night for trying to steal his magic bird, but that as he had already more than enough to feed and support, he was going to have this last captive hanged next morning. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 obj _ _ 8 than than SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 25 very very ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 nsubj _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 40 already already ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 advcl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 ccomp _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 55 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 captive captive NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 57 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 xcomp _ _ 58 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Emperor | | stranger | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | emperor | more | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 3 | **know** | past | emperor | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **capture** | past · perfect · passive | | a new one | | | night | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **steal** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | emperor's magic bird | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=Theme | | 8 | **have** | past | emperor | enough | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enough=Patient | | 9 | **feed** | to-infinitive | emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **support** | infinitive | emperor *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **go** | past · progressive | that | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **have** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | this last captive | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **hange** | participle | this last captive *not said here* | | | | morning | | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/26/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)