--- title: The king would have preferred his choosing a friend from the pages w… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king would have preferred his choosing a friend from the pages who were brought up at court; but the prince would have nothing to say to them, and as he was a spoilt child, and allowed his way in all things, and the gardener’s boy was quiet and well-behaved, he was suffered to be in the palace, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/127/) [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 Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/) / 127 # The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 22, sentence 127 The king would have preferred his choosing a friend from the pages who were brought up at court; but the prince would have nothing to say to them, and as he was a spoilt child, and allowed his way in all things, and the gardener’s boy was quiet and well-behaved, he was suffered to be in the palace, morning, noon, and night. **Who acts:** king, prince, boy · **What happens:** prefer, choose, bring up, have, say, be · **To what, where:** king, friend, pages, court, nothing, spoilt child · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, prince, boy), 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:pg3282:22:127 # text = The king would have preferred his choosing a friend from the pages who were brought up at court; but the prince would have nothing to say to them, and as he was a spoilt child, and allowed his way in all things, and the gardener’s boy was quiet and well-behaved, he was suffered to be in the palace, morning, noon, and night. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 preferred prefer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 choosing choose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 spoilt spoilt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ’s 's PART POS _ 49 case _ _ 51 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 behaved behave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 conj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 63 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 cop _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 68 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 70 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prefer** | would · perfect · passive | | the king | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **choose** | gerund | king | a friend | | the pages | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent friend=Theme from page=Source | | 3 | **bring up** | past · passive | | the pages | | court | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **have** | would | the prince | nothing | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the prince *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | pages *= page* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | past | prince | a spoilt child | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **allow** | past | the prince *not said here* | prince's way | | all things | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Beneficiary | | 8 | **is** | past | the gardener's boy | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **behave** | participle | the gardener's boy *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **suffer** | past · passive | | prince | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 11 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | the palace and morning and noon and night | | | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/128/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/)