--- title: And a smile played round the King’s lips as he finished speaking, an… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And a smile played round the King’s lips as he finished speaking, and his courtiers and counsellors shook with laughter when they thought of the old woman’s folly, and praised the King’s wise device, and said to each other, ‘What a joke it will be when we see the pair of them tarred and feathered! 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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 (smile, courtiers, joke), 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:pg640:33:111 # text = And a smile played round the King’s lips as he finished speaking, and his courtiers and counsellors shook with laughter when they thought of the old woman’s folly, and praised the King’s wise device, and said to each other, ‘What a joke it will be when we see the pair of them tarred and feathered! 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 4 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 round round ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 finished finish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 shook shake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 folly folly NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’s 's PART POS _ 36 case _ _ 38 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 42 obl _ _ 45 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 61 obj _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 54 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 56 advmod _ _ 55 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 parataxis _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nmod _ _ 61 tarred tar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 ccomp _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 feathered feathered ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ! ! PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **play** | participle | | a smile *not said here* | | | | round the King's lips | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **finish** | past | a smile | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a smile *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **shake** | past | smile's courtiers and counsellors | | | | | with laughter | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with laughter=Co-Patient | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | courtiers *= courtier* | | | | | of the old woman's folly | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **praise** | past | smile's courtiers and counsellors *not said here* | the King's wise device | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a smile *not said here* | | | | | to each | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to each=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 8 | **is** | future | joke | | | | | see *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **tar** | participle | | | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Destination | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/112/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)