--- title: Count Piro’s,” answered the man, who did not know the king; and the… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Count Piro’s,” answered the man, who did not know the king; and the king’s heart leapt as he thought that if they belonged to his rich son-in-law they were as good as his. Who acts: you, Piro, man, creatures. 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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 (you, Piro, man, creatures), 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:pg2435:25:140 # text = Count Piro’s,” answered the man, who did not know the king; and the king’s heart leapt as he thought that if they belonged to his rich son-in-law they were as good as his. 1 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Piro Piro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 6 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 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 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 leapt leapt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 32 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 as as ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ _ 42 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | the king's heart leapt | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Piro | | the man | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | past · do-support | the man | the king | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Piro | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **belong** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | creatures *= creature* | | | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | past | son | | | law | | good *property* | tree rules | 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 139](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/139/) - next →: [sentence 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/141/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/25/)