--- title: This was all very well; but, one day, as they were talking together,… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This was all very well; but, one day, as they were talking together, the king happened to enter the room, and although Hans quickly changed himself into a ring again it was too late. Who acts: This, friends, king, room. 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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 (This, friends, king, room), 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:pg3027:39:104 # text = This was all very well; but, one day, as they were talking together, the king happened to enter the room, and although Hans quickly changed himself into a ring again it was too late. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 together together ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 although although SCONJ IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Hans han NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 29 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 31 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 too too ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | This | | | | day | all, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **talk** | past · progressive | friends *= friend* | one day *not said here* | | | | together *property* | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent day=Patient | | 3 | **happen** | past | the king | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **enter** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | the room | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | | 5 | **change** | past | the king *not said here* | king | | | | into a ring *result*; although Hans; quickly *property* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into ring=Result | | 6 | **is** | past | room | | | | again | late *property* | tree rules | 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/105/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/)