--- title: Then Fiordelisa knew why the King had not heeded her, and taking a h… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Fiordelisa knew why the King had not heeded her, and taking a handful of pearls and diamonds out of her sack, she said, ‘If you can promise me that to-night the King shall not have his sleeping draught, I will give you all these jewels.’ Who acts: Fiordelisa, King, you, 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 (Fiordelisa, King, you, 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:pg7277:5:42 # text = Then Fiordelisa knew why the King had not heeded her, and taking a handful of pearls and diamonds out of her sack, she said, ‘If you can promise me that to-night the King shall not have his sleeping draught, I will give you all these jewels.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 heeded heed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 pearls pearl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 If if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 sleeping sleeping ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 iobj _ _ 51 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 53 det:predet _ _ 52 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 53 det _ _ 53 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | Fiordelisa | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **heed** | past · perfect | the King | Fiordelisa | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **take** | gerund | | a handful of pearls and diamonds | | Fiordelisa's sack | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent handful=Theme out sack=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fiordelisa | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | that | me | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **have** | shall | the King | King's sleeping draught | | | night | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draught=Patient | | 7 | **give** | future | I | all jewels | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient jewel=Theme | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/43/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/)