--- title: In fact his head was so turned by the beauty of the two ladies that… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In fact his head was so turned by the beauty of the two ladies that when the invitations were sent by his orders to all the great people in the kingdom, he did not even recollect his two children, who remained shut up in their own house! Who acts: beauty, great people, messenger, two children. A sen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/18/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/) / 18 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 18 In fact his head was so turned by the beauty of the two ladies that when the invitations were sent by his orders to all the great people in the kingdom, he did not even recollect his two children, who remained shut up in their own house! **Who acts:** beauty, great people, messenger, two children · **What happens:** turn, send, not recollect, remain, shut up, order · **To what, where:** head, invitations, two children, own house This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beauty, great people, messenger, two children), 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:pg2435:23:18 # text = In fact his head was so turned by the beauty of the two ladies that when the invitations were sent by his orders to all the great people in the kingdom, he did not even recollect his two children, who remained shut up in their own house! 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 obj _ _ 16 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 invitations invitation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl:agent _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 recollect recollect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 43 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past · passive | the beauty of the two ladies | messenger's head | | | | in fact | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Patient in fact=Topic | | 2 | **send** | past · passive | all great people in the kingdom | the invitations | | | | by messenger's orders | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination that=Theme | | 3 | **not** **recollect** | past · do-support | messenger | messenger's two children | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | past | messenger's two children | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **shut up** | participle | messenger's two children *not said here* | | | invitations's own house | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **order** | | messenger | | | | | | nom order «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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/19/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)