--- title: And he was not mistaken, for when Badi-al-Zaman took the lovely pris… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he was not mistaken, for when Badi-al-Zaman took the lovely prisoner into his own hands, he saw written under its right wing the words, ‘He who eats my head will become a king,’ and under its left wing, ‘He who eats my heart will find a hundred gold pieces under his pillow every morning.’ Who ac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/) / 46 # The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 46 And he was not mistaken, for when Badi-al-Zaman took the lovely prisoner into his own hands, he saw written under its right wing the words, ‘He who eats my head will become a king,’ and under its left wing, ‘He who eats my heart will find a hundred gold pieces under his pillow every morning.’ **Who acts:** Fowler, Badi, head · **What happens:** not be, take, see, write, eat, become · **To what, where:** lovely prisoner, own hands, right wing, king, heart, left wing This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Sylvain and Jocosa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fowler, Badi, head), 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:pg7277:9:46 # text = And he was not mistaken, for when Badi-al-Zaman took the lovely prisoner into his own hands, he saw written under its right wing the words, ‘He who eats my head will become a king,’ and under its left wing, ‘He who eats my heart will find a hundred gold pieces under his pillow every morning.’ 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 mistaken mistaken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 9 Badi Badi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 al Al PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Zaman Zaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 xcomp _ _ 26 under under ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 46 under under ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 wing wing NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 51 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 eats eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 ccomp _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 62 nummod _ _ 61 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 compound _ _ 62 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obj _ _ 63 under under ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 pillow pillow NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 66 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 67 det _ _ 67 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | Fowler | | | | | mistaken *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | Badi | the lovely prisoner | | Fowler's own hands | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prisoner=Theme into hand=Destination | | 3 | **see** | past | Badi | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **write** | participle | Badi *not said here* | | | hand's right wing and the words | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **eat** | present | Badi | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **become** | future | my head | a king | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **eat** | present | Badi | my heart | | head's left wing | | | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | future | Badi *not said here* | hundred gold pieces | | Fowler's pillow | morning | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Topic | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/47/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)