--- title: Then, after awhile, he began to think he had better make the best of… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then, after awhile, he began to think he had better make the best of it, especially as the old governor had been clever enough to send him back his letter, and the king was pretty sure that this was in the princess’s handwriting. Who acts: king, old governor, this. 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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, old governor, this), 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:pg3282:33:185 # text = Then, after awhile, he began to think he had better make the best of it, especially as the old governor had been clever enough to send him back his letter, and the king was pretty sure that this was in the princess’s handwriting. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 awhile awhile ADV RB _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 csubj _ _ 13 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 especially especially ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 27 enough enough ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 42 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 48 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ’s 's PART POS _ 46 case _ _ 48 handwriting handwriting NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | king | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | king *not said here* | the best | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset good=Product | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | the old governor | | | | | clever, enough, especially *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **send back** | to-infinitive | the old governor *not said here* | king's letter | king | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination letter=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | pretty, sure *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | this | | | the princess's handwriting | | | tree rules | | 9 | **letter** | | king | | | | | | nom letter «communication 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 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 184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/184/) - next →: [sentence 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/186/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)