--- title: But when a few months had passed the king began to have doubts as to… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when a few months had passed the king began to have doubts as to whether the minister’s choice had really been a wise one, and he noticed that his children lived more and more in their palace and never came near their stepmother. Who acts: choice, king, children. 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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 (choice, king, 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:pg2435:23:21 # text = But when a few months had passed the king began to have doubts as to whether the minister’s choice had really been a wise one, and he noticed that his children lived more and more in their palace and never came near their stepmother. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 doubts doubt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 26 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ’s 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 22 really really ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 noticed notice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 35 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 44 near near ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 stepmother stepmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | a few months | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient king=Theme | | 2 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **have** | to-infinitive | | doubts | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doubt=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | the minister's choice | | | | | as a wise one | tree rules | | 5 | **notice** | past | king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **live** | past | king's children | | | children's palace | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location | | 7 | **not** **come** | past | king's children *not said here* | | | | | near children's stepmother | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near stepmother=Location | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/22/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)