--- title: This unusual kind of rain, and the pleasantness of the whole place,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This unusual kind of rain, and the pleasantness of the whole place, would, no doubt, have attracted numbers of people to it, if the King of the Sheep had been of a more sociable disposition, but from all accounts it is evident that he was as grave as a judge. Who acts: King, doubt. 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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, doubt), 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:pg503:30:98 # text = This unusual kind of rain, and the pleasantness of the whole place, would, no doubt, have attracted numbers of people to it, if the King of the Sheep had been of a more sociable disposition, but from all accounts it is evident that he was as grave as a judge. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 unusual unusual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 pleasantness pleasantness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 attracted attract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 22 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 cop _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 39 sociable sociable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 42 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 evident evident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 parataxis _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 as as ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 grave grave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ _ 54 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attract** | would · perfect · passive | | this unusual kind of rain the pleasantness of the whole place | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | the King of the Sheep | | | | | of a sociable disposition | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | doubt | | | all accounts | | evident *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | king | | | | | as a judge; grave *property* | 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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/97/) - next →: [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/1/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)