--- title: On hearing this, the king carried Tom to his treasury, the place whe… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: On hearing this, the king carried Tom to his treasury, the place where he kept all his money, and told him to take as much money as he could carry home to his parents, which made the poor little fellow caper with joy. Who acts: king, Tom, parents. 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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 (king, Tom, parents), 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:pg7439:28:42 # text = On hearing this, the king carried Tom to his treasury, the place where he kept all his money, and told him to take as much money as he could carry home to his parents, which made the poor little fellow caper with joy. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 treasury treasury NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 34 home home ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 43 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 fellow fellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 caper caper NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | the king *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **carry** | past | the king | Tom | | Tom's treasury | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tom=Theme to treasury=Destination | | 3 | **keep** | past | Tom | Tom's money | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | Tom | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | much money | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | could | Tom | | Tom's parents | | | home *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to parent=Destination | | 7 | **make** | past | Tom's parents | the poor little fellow caper | | | | with joy | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset caper=Product | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/43/) - ↑ back to [The History of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/)