--- title: At length he hit upon a plan, and spoke to the King: “All the things… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length he hit upon a plan, and spoke to the King: “All the things she has about her--tables, chairs, dishes, goblets, bowls, and all her household furniture--are made of gold. Who acts: life, Princess. 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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 (life, Princess), 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:pg503:41:32 # text = At length he hit upon a plan, and spoke to the King: “All the things she has about her--tables, chairs, dishes, goblets, bowls, and all her household furniture--are made of gold. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 tables table NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 goblets goblet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 bowls bowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 furniture furniture NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | life | | | length | | upon a plan | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | life *not said here* | | | | | to the King | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent | | 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Princess | all things and Princess's household furniture *not said here* | | | | about Princess's tables and chairs and dishes and goblets and bowls | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | present · passive | | all things and Princess's household furniture | | | | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/33/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)