--- title: His Majesty was perfectly charmed with the good qualities of my Lord… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His Majesty was perfectly charmed with the good qualities of my Lord Marquis of Carabas, as was his daughter, who had fallen violently in love with him, and, seeing the vast estate he possessed, said to him, after having drunk five or six glasses: Who acts: daughter, majesty. 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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 (daughter, majesty), 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:pg503:21:66 # text = His Majesty was perfectly charmed with the good qualities of my Lord Marquis of Carabas, as was his daughter, who had fallen violently in love with him, and, seeing the vast estate he possessed, said to him, after having drunk five or six glasses: 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Marquis Marquis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Carabas Carabas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 acl:relcl _ _ 25 violently violently ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 vast vast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 estate estate NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 40 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 after after SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 46 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 conj _ _ 50 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charm** | past · passive | | ogre's Majesty | | | | with the good qualities of my Lord Marquis of Carabas; perfectly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | as ogre's daughter | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | past · perfect | ogre's daughter | | | love with ogre | | violently *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 4 | **see** | gerund | | the vast estate | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer estate=Stimulus | | 5 | **possess** | past | majesty | the vast estate *not said here* | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot estate=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | ogre | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** | gerund | | five glasses | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glass=Patient | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/67/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; 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