--- title: The Emperor and all his Court came out to meet us when we reached th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Emperor and all his Court came out to meet us when we reached the capital; but his great officials would not suffer his Majesty to risk his person by mounting on my body. Who acts: Emperor, we, great officials. 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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 (Emperor, we, great officials), 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:pg503:43:63 # text = The Emperor and all his Court came out to meet us when we reached the capital; but his great officials would not suffer his Majesty to risk his person by mounting on my body. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 officials official NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 risk risk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 by by SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 mounting mount VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | the Emperor and Emperor's Court | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the Emperor and Emperor's Court *not said here* | us | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Co-Agent | | 3 | **reach** | past | we | the capital | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent capital=Theme | | 4 | **not** **suffer** | would | Emperor's great officials | Emperor's Majesty | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer majesty=Stimulus | | 5 | **risk** | to-infinitive | Emperor's great officials *not said here* | Emperor's person | | | | | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Pivot | | 6 | **mount** | gerund | Emperor's great officials *not said here* | | | my body | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on body=Destination | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/64/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/43/)