--- title: So one by one the knights came out against him, and one by one he va… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So one by one the knights came out against him, and one by one he vanquished them all, and then he opened the box, and said that, to console them, he would show them the portrait of his Queen of Beauty, and when he did so everyone recognised the Princess Graciosa. 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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, console, everyone), 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:pg540:24:5 # text = So one by one the knights came out against him, and one by one he vanquished them all, and then he opened the box, and said that, to console them, he would show them the portrait of his Queen of Beauty, and when he did so everyone recognised the Princess Graciosa. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knights Knight PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nsubj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nmod _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 vanquished vanquish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 of of 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 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Beauty Beauty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 54 nsubj _ _ 54 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 compound _ _ 57 Graciosa Graciosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | one by one | | | | | against King; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **vanquish** | past | one by one | knights *= knight* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **open** | past | King | the box | | | then | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | one by one *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **show** | would | console knights | knights *= knight* | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient portrait=Topic | | 6 | **do** | past | King | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **recognise** | past | everyone | the Princess Graciosa | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer graciosa=Stimulus | | 8 | **portray** | | | King's Queen of Beauty | | | | | nom portrait «communication 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/6/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)