--- title: He entertained this king and his queen at dinner after his conquest… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He entertained this king and his queen at dinner after his conquest of France so grandly, that the king said “Never had prince such a subject;” when Sir Richard heard this, he said: “Never had subject such a prince.” Who acts: Fitzwarren, king, Sir. 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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 (Fitzwarren, king, Sir), 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:pg7439:37:105 # text = He entertained this king and his queen at dinner after his conquest of France so grandly, that the king said “Never had prince such a subject;” when Sir Richard heard this, he said: “Never had subject such a prince.” 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 entertained entertain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 grandly grandly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 25 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 28 det:predet _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 Richard Richard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 flat _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 35 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 43 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 46 det:predet _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entertain** | past | Fitzwarren | this king and Fitzwarren's queen | | dinner | after Fitzwarren's conquest of France | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | past | | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | past | Sir | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fitzwarren | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | past | | subject | | | | | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/106/) - ↑ back to [Whittington and His Cat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/37/)