--- title: The king received Tom again into favour, which he did not live to en… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king received Tom again into favour, which he did not live to enjoy, for a large spider one day attacked him; and although he drew his sword and fought well, yet the spider's poisonous breath at last overcame him. Who acts: king, large spider, poisonous breath. 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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, large spider, poisonous breath), 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:pg7439:28:59 # text = The king received Tom again into favour, which he did not live to enjoy, for a large spider one day attacked him; and although he drew his sword and fought well, yet the spider's poisonous breath at last overcame him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 although although SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 spider spider NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 poisonous poisonous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nmod _ _ 44 overcame overcome VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | the king | Tom | | favour | again | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=Theme | | 2 | **not** **live** | past · do-support | king | favour | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **attack** | past | a large spider *not said here* | king | | | day | | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **draw** | past | king | king's sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 6 | **fight** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **overcome** | past | the spider's poisonous breath at last | king | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/60/) - ↑ back to [The History of Tom Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/28/)