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title: The one that sat on the golden chair asked him who he was and where… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The one that sat on the golden chair asked him who he was and where he was going; and he told her all the story--how he was a king, and had lost his queen, and was now on his way to Hetland the Good, to ask the Queen of that country in marriage. Who acts: one, Hermod. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, Hermod and Hadvor (32), sentence 16

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The one that sat on the golden chair asked him who he was and where he was going; and he told her all the story--how he was a king, and had lost his queen, and was now on his way to Hetland the Good, to ask the Queen of that country in marriage.

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**Who acts:** one, Hermod · **What happens:** sit, ask, go, tell, be, lose · **To what, where:** golden chair, Hermod, story, third, king, queen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hermod and Hadvor (32). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, Hermod), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:49:16
# text = The one that sat on the golden chair asked him who he was and where he was going; and he told her all the story--how he was a king, and had lost his queen, and was now on his way to Hetland the Good, to ask the Queen of that country in marriage.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	18	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
23	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	iobj	_	_
24	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	26	det:predet	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	22	conj	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
42	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	45	advmod	_	_
43	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
46	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Hetland	Hetland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	appos	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	to	to	PART	TO	_	52	mark	_	_
52	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	57	det	_	_
57	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the one |  |  | the golden chair |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the one |  | Hermod |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** | past · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Hermod | all story | third |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient story=Topic |
| 5 | **is a** | past | Hermod | a king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **lose** | past · perfect | Hermod *not said here* | Hermod's queen |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality |
| 7 | **is** | past |  |  |  | Hermod's way | now |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive |  |  | the Queen of that country | marriage |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient |

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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.

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**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.

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