--- title: The King caressed him after a very extraordinary manner, and as the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King caressed him after a very extraordinary manner, and as the fine clothes he had given him extremely set off his good mien (for he was well made and very handsome in his person), the King’s daughter took a secret inclination to him, and the Marquis of Carabas had no sooner cast two or three r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/36/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/) / 36 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots, sentence 36 The King caressed him after a very extraordinary manner, and as the fine clothes he had given him extremely set off his good mien (for he was well made and very handsome in his person), the King’s daughter took a secret inclination to him, and the Marquis of Carabas had no sooner cast two or three respectful and somewhat tender glances but she fell in love with him to distraction. **Who acts:** King, daughter, Marquis, respectful tender, tender · **What happens:** caress, give, set off, make, take, have · **To what, where:** Marquis, King, good mien, secret inclination, love This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, daughter, Marquis, respectful tender), 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:pg503:21:36 # text = The King caressed him after a very extraordinary manner, and as the fine clothes he had given him extremely set off his good mien (for he was well made and very handsome in his person), the King’s daughter took a secret inclination to him, and the Marquis of Carabas had no sooner cast two or three respectful and somewhat tender glances but she fell in love with him to distraction. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 caressed caress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 18 obl _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 mien mien NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 26 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advmod _ _ 31 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 inclination inclination NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Marquis Marquis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Carabas Carabas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 57 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 58 det _ _ 58 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 63 advmod _ _ 59 cast cast NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 60 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 appos _ _ 61 or or CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 60 conj _ _ 63 respectful respectful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 somewhat somewhat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 conj _ _ 66 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 67 glances glance VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ _ 68 but but CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 nsubj _ _ 70 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 conj _ _ 71 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 73 with with ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 70 obl _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 distraction distraction NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **caress** | past | the King | Marquis | | | after a extraordinary manner | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer | | 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | King | | | | as the fine clothes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | | 3 | **set off** | past | | King's good mien | | | | extremely *property* | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mien=Patient | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | | King | | | | well *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **take** | past | the King's daughter | a secret inclination | King | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent inclination=Theme to he=Destination | | 6 | **have** | past | the Marquis of Carabas | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **glance** | present | respectful tender | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **fall** | past | tender | | | love | | with King; to distraction | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/37/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/)