--- title: Simon replied that the king of the country had insisted on giving hi… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Simon replied that the king of the country had insisted on giving him one of his daughters as a wife, but that he had refused the honour because he was too old and too frail. Who acts: Simon, king. 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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 (Simon, king), 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:pg7277:26:99 # text = Simon replied that the king of the country had insisted on giving him one of his daughters as a wife, but that he had refused the honour because he was too old and too frail. 1 Simon Simon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 insisted insist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 11 on on SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 iobj _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 iobj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 because because SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 too too ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 too too ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 frail frail ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Simon | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the king of the country | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | gerund | the king of the country *not said here* | | one of Simon's daughters as a wife | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient one=Theme | | 4 | **refuse** | past · perfect | Simon | the honour | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Simon | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | Simon *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/100/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/26/)