--- title: He was very rich and handsome, and when he heard all that was said a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was very rich and handsome, and when he heard all that was said about Pretty Goldilocks, though he had never seen her, he fell so deeply in love with her that he could neither eat nor drink. Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg503:28:5 # text = He was very rich and handsome, and when he heard all that was said about Pretty Goldilocks, though he had never seen her, he fell so deeply in love with her that he could neither eat nor drink. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 ccomp _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 Goldilocks Goldilocks PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 though though SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 neither neither ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 40 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 41 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | king | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past | king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | that | | | | about Pretty Goldilocks | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | king | princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **fall** | past | king | | | love | | with princess; deeply *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 7 | **eat** | could | king | | | | | neither *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **drink** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/6/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)