--- title: It is part of the education of a prince to be a good chess player, a… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: It is part of the education of a prince to be a good chess player, and to continually exercise his mind in view of the judgements that he will be called upon to give and the knotty, tortuous, and perplexing matters which will obscure the issues which he must judge. 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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 (It, perplexing matters, issues, his), 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:pg2892:65:1 # text = It is part of the education of a prince to be a good chess player, and to continually exercise his mind in view of the judgements that he will be called upon to give and the knotty, tortuous, and perplexing matters which will obscure the issues which he must judge. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 cop _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 chess chess NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 continually continually ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 exercise exercise VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 judgements judgement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 33 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 knotty knotty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 tortuous tortuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 43 perplexing perplex VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 obscure obscure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 issues issue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 judge judge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | It | part | | | | of the education of a prince | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a good chess player | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **exercise** | to-infinitive | | his mind | | view of the judgements | | continually *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 4 | **call** | future · passive | | he | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | | the knotty | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knotty=Theme | | 6 | **perplex** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **obscure** | future | perplexing matters | the issues | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent issue=Patient | | 8 | **judge** | must | the issues | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **educate** | | | a prince | | | | | nom education «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **mind** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **view** | | | the judgements | | | | | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (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: [Chapter III, 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/64/38/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/65/2/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/65/)