--- title: The King, who saw at once that the man was a fool, said, in order to… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, who saw at once that the man was a fool, said, in order to get quit of him, ‘Go home and tell your friend the snake that if he can turn this palace into ivory, inlaid with gold and silver, before to-morrow at noon, I will let him marry my daughter.’ Who acts: King, man, I. 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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, man, I), 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:pg7277:25:12 # text = The King, who saw at once that the man was a fool, said, in order to get quit of him, ‘Go home and tell your friend the snake that if he can turn this palace into ivory, inlaid with gold and silver, before to-morrow at noon, I will let him marry my daughter.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 20 mark _ _ 18 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 fixed _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 21 quit quit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 home home ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 30 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 snake snake NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 ivory ivory NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 inlaid inlay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 before before ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 58 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 59 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 62 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 59 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 59 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | the man | a fool | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | | quit of King | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quit=Stimulus | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | the snake | your friend | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient snake=Topic | | 7 | **turn** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | King | this palace | | ivory | before morrow at noon | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent palace=Theme into ivory=Trajectory | | 8 | **inlay** | participle | | ivory *not said here* | | | | with gold and silver | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with gold=Theme | | 9 | **let** | future | I | King | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **marry** | infinitive | King *not said here* | my daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/13/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)