--- title: The King likes the history of Sir Iffven and Sir Gaudian particularl… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The King likes the history of Sir Iffven and Sir Gaudian particularly, which treats of King Arthur, and his Knights of the Round Table; he has more than once joked about it with his high vassals.” Who acts: King, more. A sentence of «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. 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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, more), 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:pg1597:5:128 # text = The King likes the history of Sir Iffven and Sir Gaudian particularly, which treats of King Arthur, and his Knights of the Round Table; he has more than once joked about it with his high vassals.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Iffven Iffven PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:desc _ _ 11 Gaudian Gaudian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 particularly particularly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 treats treat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 Knights Knight PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 Round Round PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Table Table PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 29 obj _ _ 31 than than ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 33 advmod _ _ 33 joked joke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 xcomp _ _ 34 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 vassals vassal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | the King | the history of Iffven Sir and Gaudian Sir | | | | particularly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot history=Theme | | 2 | **treat** | present | | King's Knights of the Round Table | | | | of King Arthur | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | present | King | more | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **joke** *speech: other* | participle | more *not said here* | | | | | about table; with King's high vassals; once *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic with vassal=Co-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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 127](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/127/) - next →: [sentence 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/129/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)