--- title: Then they began to talk, and, by-and- bye, the king asked the fakeer… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then they began to talk, and, by-and- bye, the king asked the fakeer if he could show him a glimpse of Paradise, for he found it very difficult to believe in what he could not see. Who acts: shoulders, 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 (shoulders, 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:pg3027:3:24 # text = Then they began to talk, and, by-and- bye, the king asked the fakeer if he could show him a glimpse of Paradise, for he found it very difficult to believe in what he could not see. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ _ 13 bye bye INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fakeer fakeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Paradise Paradise PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 xcomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 43 obj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | shoulders *= shoulder* | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | shoulders *= shoulder* *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king | the fakeer | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent fakeer=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **show** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | King | a glimpse of Paradise | fakeer | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient glimpse=Topic | | 5 | **find** | past | King | glimpse | | | | difficult *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 6 | **believe** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **see** | could | King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 8 | **glimpse** | | | Paradise | | | | | nom glimpse «act 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 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/)