--- title: But that both their Majesties would soon be made easy; for I had fou… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But that both their Majesties would soon be made easy; for I had found a prodigious vessel on the shore, able to carry me on the sea, which he had given orders to fit up; and he hoped in a few weeks both empires would be free from me. Who acts: I, prodigious vessel, Emperor, empires. 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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, prodigious vessel, Emperor, empires), 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:pg503:47:9 # text = But that both their Majesties would soon be made easy; for I had found a prodigious vessel on the shore, able to carry me on the sea, which he had given orders to fit up; and he hoped in a few weeks both empires would be free from me. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 both both DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 Majesties majesty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 7 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 prodigious prodigious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 47 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 empires empire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 51 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | would · passive | | offices's Majesties | | | | easy, soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **find** | past · perfect | I | a prodigious vessel | | the shore | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Topic | | 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive | a prodigious vessel *not said here* | me | | the sea | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the sea | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient order=Theme | | 5 | **fit up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hope** | past | Emperor | | | | week | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **is** | would | both empires | | | | | from me; free *property* | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/47/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/47/10/) - ↑ back to [Chapter V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/47/)