--- title: [3] One day, when the king was sitting in his hall of audience, his… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: [3] One day, when the king was sitting in his hall of audience, his eldest son, Prince Tahmasp, came before him, and after greeting his father with due respect, said: “O my royal father! Who acts: king, 3 One day. 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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 (king, 3 One day), 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:pg3282:1:30 # text = [3] One day, when the king was sitting in his hall of audience, his eldest son, Prince Tahmasp, came before him, and after greeting his father with due respect, said: “O my royal father! 1 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ 4 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:desc _ _ 23 Tahmasp Tahmasp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 25 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 30 after after SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 greeting greet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 O o INTJ UH _ 44 discourse _ _ 42 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | the king | | | King's hall of audience | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | 3 One day | | | | before King | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location | | 3 | **greet** *speech: greet* | gerund | | | King's father | | | with due respect | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/31/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)