--- title: But they were all taken in by the image of the King, for, clever as… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But they were all taken in by the image of the King, for, clever as they were, the Mermaid was still cleverer, and all they could do was to help the Fairy of the Desert to make a wonderful monument over what they thought was the grave of the King of the Gold Mines. Who acts: image, sisters, all. 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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 (image, sisters, all), 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:pg503:7:58 # text = But they were all taken in by the image of the King, for, clever as they were, the Mermaid was still cleverer, and all they could do was to help the Fairy of the Desert to make a wonderful monument over what they thought was the grave of the King of the Gold Mines. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Mermaid Mermaid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 still still ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 cleverer clever ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 16 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nsubj:outer _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 over over ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 obl _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 Gold Gold PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 compound _ _ 58 Mines Mines PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take in** | past · passive | the image of the King | sisters *= sister* | | | | all *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | sisters *= sister* | | | | still | clever *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | could | sisters *= sister* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | all | | | | | help *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | a wonderful monument | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset monument=Product | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | sisters *= sister* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | | the grave | | a wonderful monument | | of the King of the Gold Mines | tree rules | | 8 | **image** | | | the King | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/59/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)