--- title: At length he made up his mind to summon all the court physicians; he… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length he made up his mind to summon all the court physicians; he did not tell her what he was going to do, lest it should make her worse, but he went himself and begged the four learned leeches attached to the king's person to follow him to the princess's apartments. 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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 (length, mind, four), 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:pg3027:13:11 # text = At length he made up his mind to summon all the court physicians; he did not tell her what he was going to do, lest it should make her worse, but he went himself and begged the four learned leeches attached to the king's person to follow him to the princess's apartments. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 physicians physician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 iobj _ _ 20 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nsubj _ _ 42 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 leeches leech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 44 attached attach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 's 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past | length | length's mind | | length | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 2 | **summon** | to-infinitive | length *not said here* | all court physicians | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physician=Recipient | | 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | length | | bride | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | past · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | should | mind | bride | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product | | 7 | **go** | past | length | length | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | length *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **learn** | past | the four | leeches | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leech=Topic | | 10 | **attach** | participle | | leeches *not said here* | | | | to the king's person | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **follow** | to-infinitive | | length | | the princess's apartments | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to apartment=Trajectory | | 12 | **mind** | | length | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/12/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)