--- title: That night, when the king sat at dinner, Paperarello came in, and la… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: That night, when the king sat at dinner, Paperarello came in, and laying down the ear, and the nose, and the finger on the table, turned and said to the nobles and courtiers who were waiting on the king: “I am the invincible knight, who rode three times to your help, and I also am a king’s son, and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/71/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/) / 71 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13, sentence 71 That night, when the king sat at dinner, Paperarello came in, and laying down the ear, and the nose, and the finger on the table, turned and said to the nobles and courtiers who were waiting on the king: “I am the invincible knight, who rode three times to your help, and I also am a king’s son, and no goose-boy as you all think.” **Who acts:** king, Paperarello, finger, courtiers, invincible knight, your · **What happens:** sit, come in, lay down, turn, say, wait · **To what, where:** nose, dinner, ear, nobles, invincible knight, help · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Paperarello, finger, courtiers), 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:pg2435:13:71 # text = That night, when the king sat at dinner, Paperarello came in, and laying down the ear, and the nose, and the finger on the table, turned and said to the nobles and courtiers who were waiting on the king: “I am the invincible knight, who rode three times to your help, and I also am a king’s son, and no goose-boy as you all think.” 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 Paperarello Paperarello PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 in in ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 down down ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 32 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 47 “ " PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 invincible invincible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 55 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 56 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 57 nummod _ _ 57 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl:unmarked _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 64 also also ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’s 's PART POS _ 67 case _ _ 69 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 71 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 72 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 75 det _ _ 73 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 74 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 73 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 75 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 76 as as ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 77 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 75 nmod _ _ 78 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 79 advmod _ _ 79 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the king | the nose | | dinner | night | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at dinner=Location | | 2 | **come in** | past | Paperarello | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **lay down** | gerund | Paperarello *not said here* | the ear | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Result | | 4 | **turn** | past | the finger on the table | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the finger on the table *not said here* | | the nobles and courtiers | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to noble=Recipient | | 6 | **wait** | past · progressive | courtiers | | | | | on the king | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on king=Location | | 7 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the finger on the table *= finger* | the invincible knight and no goose boy as you | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **ride** *in a quote* | past | the invincible knight and no goose boy as you | | | your help | time | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to help=Trajectory | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the finger on the table *= finger* | a king's son | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | the finger on the table *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **help** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom help «act 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/72/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/)