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title: In the meantime the King, who had not the least idea of the sad thin… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: In the meantime the King, who had not the least idea of the sad thing that was happening outside the gate of his palace, proposed to Miranda that she should be driven in her chariot all round the town, which was to be illuminated with thousands and thousands of torches, placed in windows and balconi
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 3, sentence 21

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In the meantime the King, who had not the least idea of the sad thing that was happening outside the gate of his palace, proposed to Miranda that she should be driven in her chariot all round the town, which was to be illuminated with thousands and thousands of torches, placed in windows and balconies, and in all the grand squares.

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**Who acts:** King, sad thing · **What happens:** have, happen, propose, drive, illuminate, place · **To what, where:** least idea, grand squares, gate, Miranda, sister, chariot

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, sad thing), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:32:21
# text = In the meantime the King, who had not the least idea of the sad thing that was happening outside the gate of his palace, proposed to Miranda that she should be driven in her chariot all round the town, which was to be illuminated with thousands and thousands of torches, placed in windows and balconies, and in all the grand squares.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meantime	meantime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	happening	happen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	conj	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Miranda	Miranda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	34	mark	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
32	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	driven	drive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	advcl	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
38	all	all	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
39	round	round	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
45	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
46	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	illuminated	illuminate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	41	acl:relcl	_	_
48	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	conj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	49	acl	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	balconies	balcony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
63	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	66	det:predet	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
66	squares	square	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the King | the least idea of the sad thing |  | all grand squares |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |
| 2 | **happen** | past · progressive | the sad thing |  |  | the gate of face's palace |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme outside gate=Location |
| 3 | **propose** | participle | the sad thing *not said here* |  | Miranda |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to miranda=Recipient |
| 4 | **drive** | should · passive |  | sister |  | sister's chariot |  | round the town | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme in chariot=Destination round town=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **illuminate** | past · passive |  | the town |  |  |  | with thousands and thousands of torches | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with thousand=Theme |
| 6 | **place** | participle |  | thousands and thousands of torches *not said here* |  | windows and balconies |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in window=Destination |

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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.

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**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.

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