--- title: In a moment the King of the Fishes appeared, and said to him: ‘I kno… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In a moment the King of the Fishes appeared, and said to him: ‘I know quite well what you want me to do, and I will summon all the fishes of the sea together, and tell them to bring you back the mare, who is hiding herself in a river.’ Who acts: King, I, you, me. 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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, I, you, me), 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:pg640:34:76 # text = In a moment the King of the Fishes appeared, and said to him: ‘I know quite well what you want me to do, and I will summon all the fishes of the sea together, and tell them to bring you back the mare, who is hiding herself in a river.’ 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Fishes Fish PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 19 quite quite ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 together together ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 acl:relcl _ _ 53 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 52 obj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | the King of the Fishes | | | | moment | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King of the Fishes *not said here* | | King | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** | present | I | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **want** | present | you | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **summon** | future | I | | all fishes of the sea | | | together *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Recipient | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the King of the Fishes *not said here* | | Fishes *= fish* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **bring back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King of the Fishes *not said here* | the mare | you | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Destination mare=Theme | | 9 | **hide** | present · progressive | the mare | mare | | a river | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient in river=Location | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/77/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)