--- title: The Butterfly looked at Suleiman-bin-Daoud and saw the most wise Kin… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: The Butterfly looked at Suleiman-bin-Daoud and saw the most wise King’s eye twinkle like stars on a frosty night, and he picked up his courage with both wings, and he put his head on one side and said, ‘O King, live for ever. Who acts: Butterfly, wise King. 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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 (Butterfly, wise King), 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:pg2781:13:55 # text = The Butterfly looked at Suleiman-bin-Daoud and saw the most wise King’s eye twinkle like stars on a frosty night, and he picked up his courage with both wings, and he put his head on one side and said, ‘O King, live for ever. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Butterfly Butterfly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 Suleiman Suleiman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Daoud Daoud PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 14 advmod _ _ 14 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 twinkle twinkle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 19 like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 frosty frosty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 picked pick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 O of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 49 case _ _ 49 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the Butterfly | | | | | at Suleiman bin Daoud | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at daoud=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | the Butterfly *not said here* | the wise King's eye twinkle | | | night | like stars | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer twinkle=Stimulus | | 3 | **pick up** | past | Butterfly | Butterfly's courage | | | | with both wings | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Topic | | 4 | **put** | past | Butterfly | Butterfly's head | | one side | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme on side=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Butterfly *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **live** | present | | | | | | of King | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **twinkle** | | the wise King | | | | | like stars | nom twinkle «event intransitive»: poss=agent like=obl | 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:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (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 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/54/) - next →: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/56/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)