--- title: But Paperarello took no notice of her, and said to the king: “It was… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Paperarello took no notice of her, and said to the king: “It was kind of you to offer me your daughter in marriage, and for that I thank you; but I have a wife at home whom I love better, and it is to her that I am going. Who acts: Paperarello, notice. 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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 (Paperarello, notice), 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:pg2435:13:73 # text = But Paperarello took no notice of her, and said to the king: “It was kind of you to offer me your daughter in marriage, and for that I thank you; but I have a wife at home whom I love better, and it is to her that I am going. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Paperarello Paperarello PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 obl _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 thank thank VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nmod _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Paperarello | no notice of princess | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent notice=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Paperarello *not said here* | | the king | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | notice | kind | | | | of the king *= king* | tree rules | | 4 | **offer** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | your daughter | Paperarello | marriage | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal daughter=Theme | | 5 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | Paperarello | | the king *= king* | | | for that | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for that=Attribute | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Paperarello | a wife | | home | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 7 | **love** *in a quote* | present | Paperarello | | | | | good *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | notice | | | | | to princess | tree rules | | 9 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Paperarello | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **notice** | | | princess | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/74/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/)