--- title: No one knows what was there shown to the king, nor did he ever tell… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No one knows what was there shown to the king, nor did he ever tell anyone; but, when the fakeer at length dropped the curtain, and the king turned to leave the place, he had had his glimpse of Paradise! Who acts: one, King, fakeer. 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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 (one, King, fakeer), 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:pg3027:3:40 # text = No one knows what was there shown to the king, nor did he ever tell anyone; but, when the fakeer at length dropped the curtain, and the king turned to leave the place, he had had his glimpse of Paradise! 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 16 cc _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 16 advmod _ _ 16 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 fakeer fakeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 curtain curtain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 glimpse glimpse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Paradise paradise NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **show** | past · passive | | | the king | there | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to king=Recipient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | King | | anyone | | ever | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | | 4 | **drop** | past | the fakeer at length | the curtain | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme | | 5 | **turn** | past | the king | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **leave** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the place | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past · perfect | fakeer | fakeer's glimpse of Paradise | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glimpse=Patient | | 8 | **glimpse** | | fakeer | Paradise | | | | | nom glimpse «act transitive»: poss=agent 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/3/)