--- title: But the king was still much troubled, fearing the loss of Sipao, for… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the king was still much troubled, fearing the loss of Sipao, for the mirror had magic powers, so that he who owned it had but to ask and his wish would be fulfilled; to it Insato owed all that he possessed. Who acts: king, mirror, Insato. 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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 (king, mirror, Insato), 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:pg3027:2:84 # text = But the king was still much troubled, fearing the loss of Sipao, for the mirror had magic powers, so that he who owned it had but to ask and his wish would be fulfilled; to it Insato owed all that he possessed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 troubled troubled ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Sipao Sipao PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 19 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 powers power NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 26 mark _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 fulfilled fulfil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 41 Insato Insato PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 owed owe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 obl _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | troubled *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fear** | gerund | the king *not said here* | the loss of Sipao | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | past | the mirror | magic powers | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 4 | **own** | past | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | Mirror | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | Mirror *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fulfil** | would · passive | | King's wish | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **owe** | past | Insato | all | | wish | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to it=Goal | | 9 | **possess** | past | King | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 10 | **wish** | | King | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/85/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/2/)