--- title: 'His Majesty will see ME,' returned the frog, fixing her eye upon hi… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'His Majesty will see ME,' returned the frog, fixing her eye upon him; and somehow the man found himself leading the procession along the gallery into the Hall of Audience, where the king sat surrounded by his nobles arranging the dresses which everyone was to wear at his marriage ceremony. 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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 (Majesty, man, door, 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:pg3027:28:71 # text = 'His Majesty will see ME,' returned the frog, fixing her eye upon him; and somehow the man found himself leading the procession along the gallery into the Hall of Audience, where the king sat surrounded by his nobles arranging the dresses which everyone was to wear at his marriage ceremony. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 6 ME I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 fixing fix VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 advcl _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 leading lead VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 along along ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Hall Hall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Audience Audience PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 41 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl:agent _ _ 45 arranging arrange VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 acl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obj _ _ 49 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 55 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 56 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | future | door's Majesty | ME | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 2 | **return** | past | | the frog | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fix** | gerund | | Majesty's eye | | | | upon door | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 4 | **find** | past | the man | door | | | | somehow *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **lead** | gerund | door *not said here* | the procession | | the Hall of Audience | | along the gallery | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent procession=Theme along gallery=Destination | | 6 | **sit** | past | the king | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **surround** | participle | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **arrange** | gerund | door's nobles *not said here* | the dresses | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Product | | 9 | **is** | past | everyone | the dresses *not said here* | | door's marriage ceremony | | wear *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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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/pg3027/28/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/72/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/)