--- title: Now, the King had some quarrelsome neighbors, who, tired of leaving… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, the King had some quarrelsome neighbors, who, tired of leaving him in peace, began to make war upon him so fiercely that he feared he would be altogether beaten if he did not make an effort to defend himself. 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:pg503:30:3 # text = Now, the King had some quarrelsome neighbors, who, tired of leaving him in peace, began to make war upon him so fiercely that he feared he would be altogether beaten if he did not make an effort to defend himself. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 7 quarrelsome quarrelsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 neighbors neighbor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 parataxis _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 fiercely fiercely ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 defend defend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the King | some quarrelsome neighbors | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbor=Patient | | 2 | **leave** | gerund | the King *not said here* | king | | peace | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in peace=Location | | 3 | **begin** | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | war | | | | upon king; fiercely *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset war=Product | | 5 | **fear** | past | king | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **beat** | would · passive | | king | | | | altogether *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **not** **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | king | a effort | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effort=Product | | 8 | **defend** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | king | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/4/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)