--- title: I had sent so many petitions for my liberty that his Majesty at leng… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I had sent so many petitions for my liberty that his Majesty at length mentioned the matter in a full council, where it was opposed by none except Skyresh Bolgolam, admiral of the realm, who was pleased without any provocation to be my mortal enemy. Who acts: I, Majesty, none, realm. 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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 (I, Majesty, none, realm), 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:pg503:45:16 # text = I had sent so many petitions for my liberty that his Majesty at length mentioned the matter in a full council, where it was opposed by none except Skyresh Bolgolam, admiral of the realm, who was pleased without any provocation to be my mortal enemy. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 petitions petition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 Majesty Majesty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 mentioned mention VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 opposed oppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 26 obl _ _ 29 except except ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Skyresh Skyresh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 Bolgolam Bolgolam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 admiral admiral NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 without without ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 provocation provocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 mortal mortal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · perfect | I | many petitions | | | | for my liberty | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petition=Theme | | 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | past | rider's Majesty at length | the matter | | a full council | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent matter=Topic | | 3 | **oppose** | past · passive | none | matter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | the realm | | | | | without any provocation; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the realm *not said here* | my mortal enemy | | | | | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/17/) - ↑ back to [Chapter III](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/)