--- title: One or two men of valour had the courage to go and ask him the reaso… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One or two men of valour had the courage to go and ask him the reason of this strange fact, but he only laughed and said nothing; and the reason of the deadly enmity between his two eyes was a secret only known to the monarch himself. Who acts: One men, emperor, reason. 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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 men, emperor, reason), 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:pg641:19:4 # text = One or two men of valour had the courage to go and ask him the reason of this strange fact, but he only laughed and said nothing; and the reason of the deadly enmity between his two eyes was a secret only known to the monarch himself. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 acl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 nsubj _ _ 19 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 28 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 deadly deadly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 enmity enmity NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 between between ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 44 only only ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | One men | the courage | | | | of valour | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Patient | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | One men *not said here* | the courage *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | One men *not said here* | the reason of strange fact | emperor | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **laugh** | past | emperor | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | emperor *not said here* | nothing | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | past | the reason of the deadly enmity between emperor's two eyes | a secret | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | participle | | a secret *not said here* | | | | to the monarch emperor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/5/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/19/)