--- title: After he had started nothing else was talked of at Court, and the Ki… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After he had started nothing else was talked of at Court, and the King felt so sure that the Princess would consent that he set his people to work at pretty dresses and splendid furniture, that they might be ready by the time she came. Who acts: king, Princess, people. 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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, Princess, people), 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:pg503:28:8 # text = After he had started nothing else was talked of at Court, and the King felt so sure that the Princess would consent that he set his people to work at pretty dresses and splendid furniture, that they might be ready by the time she came. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 else else ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 talked talk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 furniture furniture NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past · perfect | king | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | past · passive | | nothing | | | | of Court | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **feel** | past | the King | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **consent** | would | the Princess | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **set** | past | king | king's people | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient people=Result | | 6 | **work** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | at pretty dresses and splendid furniture | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dress=Theme | | 7 | **is** | might | people | | | | time | ready *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | past | princess | the time *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/9/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)