--- title: The King, her father, gave her more dresses and jewels in a month th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, her father, gave her more dresses and jewels in a month than he gave the others in a year; but she was so generous that she shared everything with her sisters, and they were all as happy and as fond of one another as they could be. Who acts: King, Miranda, others. 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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, Miranda, others), 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:pg503:30:2 # text = The King, her father, gave her more dresses and jewels in a month than he gave the others in a year; but she was so generous that she shared everything with her sisters, and they were all as happy and as fond of one another as they could be. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 16 than than SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 generous generous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 parataxis _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shared share VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 all all ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 obl _ _ 49 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 48 fixed _ _ 50 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the King and Miranda's father | more dresses and jewels | Miranda | | month | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient dress=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past | king | the others | | | year | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Miranda | | | | | generous *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **share** | past | Miranda | everything | | | | with Miranda's sisters | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | others *= other* | | | | | all, happy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | of one | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/3/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)