--- title: Now the page had faithfully kept his word, and given King Charming a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the page had faithfully kept his word, and given King Charming a glass of water instead of his usual sleeping draught, so there he lay wide awake, and heard every word Fiordelisa said, and even recognised her voice, though he could not tell where it came from. 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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 (Charming, Fiordelisa, voice), 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:pg7277:5:54 # text = Now the page had faithfully kept his word, and given King Charming a glass of water instead of his usual sleeping draught, so there he lay wide awake, and heard every word Fiordelisa said, and even recognised her voice, though he could not tell where it came from. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:desc _ _ 13 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 23 case _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 21 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 sleeping sleeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 draught draught NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 wide wide ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 awake awake ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 recognised recognise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 though though SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 50 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 52 advmod _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · perfect · passive | | the page | | | now | faithfully *property* | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme word=Attribute | | 2 | **give** | participle | | a glass of water | Charming King | | | instead Charming's usual sleeping draught | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent charming=Recipient glass=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | past | Charming | | | there | | awake *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | past | Charming *not said here* | every word | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fiordelisa | every word *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 6 | **recognise** | past | Charming *not said here* | Fiordelisa's voice | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | could | Charming | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **come** | past | voice | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **word** | | Charming | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/55/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/)