--- title: However, he had no time to attend to such matters just then, as, aft… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, he had no time to attend to such matters just then, as, after nine years, he had at last consented to the entreaties of his courtiers, and was on the eve of celebrating his second marriage. Who acts: door, such. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28, with it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/67/) [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 Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/) / 67 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 28, sentence 67 However, he had no time to attend to such matters just then, as, after nine years, he had at last consented to the entreaties of his courtiers, and was on the eve of celebrating his second marriage. **Who acts:** door, such · **What happens:** have, attend, matter, consent, be, celebrate · **To what, where:** last, eve, second marriage This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (door, such), 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:pg3027:28:67 # text = However, he had no time to attend to such matters just then, as, after nine years, he had at last consented to the entreaties of his courtiers, and was on the eve of celebrating his second marriage. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 11 nsubj _ _ 11 matters matter VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 obl _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 15 conj _ _ 18 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 obj _ _ 25 consented consent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 entreaties entreaty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 eve eve NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 38 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 39 celebrating celebrate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 42 amod _ _ 42 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | door | | | | time; year | however *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **attend** | to-infinitive | door *not said here* | | | | then | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **matter** | present | such | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | door | last | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent last=Patient | | 5 | **consent** | participle | | | | | | to the entreaties of door's courtiers | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to entreaty=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | the eve | | | tree rules | | 7 | **celebrate** | gerund | | door's second marriage | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme | | 8 | **marry** | | door | | | | | | nom marriage «state 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/68/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/)