--- title: Four of his courtiers, those who had encouraged him in his wicked do… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Four of his courtiers, those who had encouraged him in his wicked doings, had tried to seize the kingdom and divide it between them, but the people, who knew it was their bad counsels which had so changed the Prince, had cut off their heads, and had offered the crown to Suliman, whom the Prince had --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/102/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/) / 102 # The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 102 Four of his courtiers, those who had encouraged him in his wicked doings, had tried to seize the kingdom and divide it between them, but the people, who knew it was their bad counsels which had so changed the Prince, had cut off their heads, and had offered the crown to Suliman, whom the Prince had left in prison. **Who acts:** people, town, Prince · **What happens:** encourage, try, seize, divide, know, be · **To what, where:** prince, wicked doings, kingdom, town, bad counsels, heads This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, town, Prince), 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:pg503:39:102 # text = Four of his courtiers, those who had encouraged him in his wicked doings, had tried to seize the kingdom and divide it between them, but the people, who knew it was their bad counsels which had so changed the Prince, had cut off their heads, and had offered the crown to Suliman, whom the Prince had left in prison. 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 nmod _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 encouraged encourage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 divide divide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 between between ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 counsels counsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 parataxis _ _ 48 off off ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 conj _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Suliman Suliman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 obl _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 parataxis _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **encourage** | past · perfect | | prince | | prince's wicked doings | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **try** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **seize** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the kingdom | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 4 | **divide** | present | | town | | | | between faults *= fault* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **know** | past | the people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is a** | past | town | faults's bad counsels | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **change** | past · perfect · passive | | faults's bad counsels | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **cut off** | past · perfect | | faults's heads | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 9 | **offer** | past · perfect | | the crown | Suliman | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent crown=Theme to suliman=Goal | | 10 | **leave** | past · perfect | the Prince | faults's bad counsels | | | | in prison *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in prison=Result | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/103/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)