--- title: He had a writing-book in his pocket, and whenever any happy thought… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He had a writing-book in his pocket, and whenever any happy thought struck him he dismounted from his horse and sat down under the trees to put it into the harangue which he was preparing for the Princess, before he forgot it. Who acts: king, happy thought, harangue. 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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, happy thought, harangue), 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:pg503:28:44 # text = He had a writing-book in his pocket, and whenever any happy thought struck him he dismounted from his horse and sat down under the trees to put it into the harangue which he was preparing for the Princess, before he forgot it. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 12 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 13 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 dismounted dismount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 down down ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 under under ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 harangue harangue NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 preparing prepare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 before before SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | king | a writing book | | king's pocket | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient | | 2 | **strike** | past | any happy thought | king | | | | whenever *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument | | 3 | **dismount** | past | king | | | | | from king's horse | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent from horse=Co-Patient | | 4 | **sit down** | past | king *not said here* | | | the trees | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | | 5 | **put** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | thought | | the harangue | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 6 | **prepare** | past · progressive | the harangue | | | | | for the Princess | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for princess=Beneficiary | | 7 | **forget** | past | king | thought | | | | | 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 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/45/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)