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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 (you, John, 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:pg14241:28:26 # text = Well, King John, as you know, was a very bad king, and he couldn't brook the idea of any one in his kingdom, however holy he might be, being honoured more than he. 1 Well well INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 brook brook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 however however ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 honoured honour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 38 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 40 advmod _ _ 39 than than ADP IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | John King | a bad king | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **brook** | could | King | the idea of any one in King's kingdom | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | might | King | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **honour** | gerund · passive | King *not said here* | King | | | | | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/27/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)