--- title: King Pelias, who sits on my father's throne (to which he has no more… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: King Pelias, who sits on my father's throne (to which he has no more right than to the one on which your excellent majesty is now seated), has engaged to come down from it, and to give me his crown and sceptre, provided I bring him the Golden Fleece. Who acts: King, I. 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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, I), 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:pg976:28:10 # text = King Pelias, who sits on my father's throne (to which he has no more right than to the one on which your excellent majesty is now seated), has engaged to come down from it, and to give me his crown and sceptre, provided I bring him the Golden Fleece. 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Pelias Pelias PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obl _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 17 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 amod _ _ 18 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 obj _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obl _ _ 25 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 30 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 down down ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 sceptre sceptre NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 51 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 Fleece Fleece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | present | King | | | my father's throne | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location | | 2 | **have** | present | king | no more right | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | | 3 | **seat** | present · passive | | your excellent majesty | | | now | on the one | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | | 4 | **engage** | present · perfect | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 5 | **come down** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | majesty | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from it=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | king's crown and sceptre | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient crown=Theme | | 7 | **provide** | past | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme | | 8 | **bring** | infinitive | I | the Golden Fleece | king | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination fleece=Theme | | 9 | **crown** | | king | | | | | | nom crown «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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/11/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/)