--- title: But though the king was young and eager, he was also prudent, and hi… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But though the king was young and eager, he was also prudent, and his father had told him on his deathbed to be very careful in his dealings with the ‘good people,’ as the fairies were called. Who acts: king, father. 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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, father), 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:pg3454:8:110 # text = But though the king was young and eager, he was also prudent, and his father had told him on his deathbed to be very careful in his dealings with the ‘good people,’ as the fairies were called. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 2 though though SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 also also ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 deathbed deathbed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 dealings dealing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | King | | | | | prudent *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | King's father | | King | King's deathbed | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | King's father *not said here* | | | King's dealings with the good people | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **call** | past · passive | | the fairies | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 7 | **deal** | | King | | | | | with the good people | nom dealing «act intransitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/111/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/)