--- title: Now, it happened in these days that King Arthur's only son asked his… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now, it happened in these days that King Arthur's only son asked his father to give him a large sum of money, in order that he might go and seek his fortune in the principality of Wales, where lived a beautiful lady possessed with seven evil spirits. Who acts: it, only son, days, son. 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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 (it, only son, days, son), 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:pg7439:23:33 # text = Now, it happened in these days that King Arthur's only son asked his father to give him a large sum of money, in order that he might go and seek his fortune in the principality of Wales, where lived a beautiful lady possessed with seven evil spirits. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obj _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 principality principality NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Wales Wales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 43 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 parataxis _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 50 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 spirits spirit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now; day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | King Arthur's only son | this days | son's father | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | this days *not said here* | a large sum of money | son | order | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sum=Theme | | 4 | **go** | might | son | order *not said here* | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location order=Theme | | 5 | **seek** | infinitive | son *not said here* | son's fortune | | the principality of Wales | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme in principality=Location | | 6 | **live** | past | | a beautiful lady | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme lady=Location | | 7 | **possess** | participle | | a beautiful lady *not said here* | | | | with seven evil spirits | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **sum** | | | money | | | | | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/34/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)