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title: The King was just thinking that he would cause it to be proclaimed t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 57

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The King was just thinking that he would cause it to be proclaimed that the riding should begin afresh on the following day, when perhaps it might go better, when suddenly a knight came riding up on so fine a horse that no one had ever seen the like of it before, and the knight had armor of copper, and his bridle was of copper too, and all his accoutrements were so bright that they shone again.

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**Who acts:** King, riding, knight, fine horse, bridle, accoutrements · **What happens:** think, cause, proclaim, begin, follow, go · **To what, where:** attempt, fine horse, armor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, riding, knight, fine horse), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:48:57
# text = The King was just thinking that he would cause it to be proclaimed that the riding should begin afresh on the following day, when perhaps it might go better, when suddenly a knight came riding up on so fine a horse that no one had ever seen the like of it before, and the knight had armor of copper, and his bridle was of copper too, and all his accoutrements were so bright that they shone again.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	begin	begin	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
19	afresh	afresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	amod	_	_
23	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
25	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	29	advmod	_	_
26	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
30	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
32	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
33	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
37	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
38	up	up	ADP	RP	_	37	compound:prt	_	_
39	on	on	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	so	so	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
44	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj	_	_
45	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	46	det	_	_
46	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
47	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
48	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	49	advmod	_	_
49	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	43	acl:relcl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
51	like	like	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	_
54	before	before	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj	_	_
59	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
60	armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
65	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nsubj	_	_
67	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	cop	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	copper	copper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
70	too	too	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
73	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	75	det:predet	_	_
74	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	accoutrements	accoutrement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	78	nsubj	_	_
76	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	78	cop	_	_
77	so	so	ADV	RB	_	78	advmod	_	_
78	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	parataxis	_	_
79	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	81	mark	_	_
80	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	81	nsubj	_	_
81	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	78	advcl	_	_
82	again	again	ADV	RB	_	81	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the King |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | would | King | attempt |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient |
| 3 | **proclaim** | to-infinitive · passive | King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S» |
| 4 | **begin** | should | the riding |  |  |  |  | afresh *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 5 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **go** | might | riding |  |  |  |  | perhaps, well *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **come** | past | a knight |  |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **ride up** | gerund | a knight *not said here* | a fine horse |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 9 | **see** | past · perfect | a fine horse | attempt |  |  | ever | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 10 | **have** | past | the knight | armor of copper |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armor=Patient |
| 11 | **is** | past | horse's bridle |  |  |  |  | of copper | tree rules |
| 12 | **is** | past | horse's accoutrements |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **shine** | past | accoutrements *= accoutrement* |  |  |  | again |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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