--- title: The King was still at table, and thought himself quite sure of his g… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King was still at table, and thought himself quite sure of his game; but when he heard Drakestail singing again, and when they told him all that had passed, he became furious and got up from table brandishing his fists. Who acts: King, Quack, that, Drakestail. 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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, Quack, that, Drakestail), 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:pg540:31:88 # text = The King was still at table, and thought himself quite sure of his game; but when he heard Drakestail singing again, and when they told him all that had passed, he became furious and got up from table brandishing his fists. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 quite quite ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 21 Drakestail Drakestail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 iobj _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 37 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 up up ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 brandishing brandish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 fists fist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | table | still | | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | King | | | | sure *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | King | Drakestail | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer drakestail=Stimulus | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | again | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Quack | | Drakestail | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **pass** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past | Drakestail | | | | | furious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **get up** | past | Drakestail *not said here* | | | table | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from table=Destination | | 9 | **brandish** | gerund | Drakestail *not said here* | Drakestail's fists | | | | | 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 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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/89/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/)