--- title: However, he paid his respects to the King very gracefully, and asked… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, he paid his respects to the King very gracefully, and asked permission to kiss the hand of the Princess in the usual manner; but when he said he was called ‘Mannikin,’ the King could hardly repress a smile, and the Princes who stood by openly shouted with laughter. 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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 (Prince, permission, King, Princes), 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:pg7277:16:19 # text = However, he paid his respects to the King very gracefully, and asked permission to kiss the hand of the Princess in the usual manner; but when he said he was called ‘Mannikin,’ the King could hardly repress a smile, and the Princes who stood by openly shouted with laughter. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 respects respects NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 gracefully gracefully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 ccomp _ _ 35 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 repress repress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 by by SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 openly openly ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 xcomp _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | Prince | Prince's respects | | | | to the King; gracefully, however *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respects=Asset | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Prince *not said here* | permission | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **kiss** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | permission *not said here* | the hand of the Princess | | the usual manner | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **call** | past · passive | | Prince | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 6 | **repress** | could | the King | a smile | | | | hardly *property* | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Patient | | 7 | **stand** | past | the Princes | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 8 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | the Princes *not said here* | | | | | with laughter; openly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/20/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)