--- title: If the king, however, was before convinced that Moti was one of the… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If the king, however, was before convinced that Moti was one of the wisest of men, he was now still more convinced that he was the bravest, and he increased his pay a hundredfold, so that our hero thought that he was the luckiest of men. Who acts: Moti, hero. 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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 (Moti, hero), 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:pg3454:15:99 # text = If the king, however, was before convinced that Moti was one of the wisest of men, he was now still more convinced that he was the bravest, and he increased his pay a hundredfold, so that our hero thought that he was the luckiest of men. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 before before ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 convinced convinced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 Moti Moti PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 ccomp _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 25 advmod _ _ 23 still still ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 25 convinced convinced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 increased increase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hundredfold hundredfold NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 44 mark _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 luckiest lucky ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 44 ccomp _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | before, convinced, however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | Moti | one | | | | of the wisest | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Moti | | | | now | convinced *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Moti | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **increase** | past | Moti | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pay** | infinitive | Moti *not said here* | a hundredfold | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hundredfold=Asset | | 7 | **think** *speech: other* | past | our hero | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | Moti | | | | | of men; lucky *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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/100/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/15/)