--- title: The king was so charmed with his address that he ordered a little ch… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king was so charmed with his address that he ordered a little chair to be made, in order that Tom might sit upon his table, and also a palace of gold, a span high, with a door an inch wide, to live in. Who acts: king, Tom. 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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), 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:pg7439:28:52 # text = The king was so charmed with his address that he ordered a little chair to be made, in order that Tom might sit upon his table, and also a palace of gold, a span high, with a door an inch wide, to live in. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 address address NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 also also ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 span span NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 38 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 live live VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** | past · passive | | the king | | | | with king's address; with a door | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **order** | past | king | a little chair | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive · passive | king *not said here* | a little chair *not said here* | | order | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 4 | **sit** | might | Tom | order *not said here* | | Tom's table | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent order=Theme upon table=Location | | 5 | **live in** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **address** | | king | | | | | | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/53/) - ↑ back to [The History of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/)