--- title: The King, who had his own reasons for wishing to keep the old Fairy… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, who had his own reasons for wishing to keep the old Fairy in a good humor, did not spare pretty speeches, and after a time he was allowed to walk by himself upon the sea-shore. Who acts: King, own reasons. 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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 (King, own reasons), 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:pg503:7:9 # text = The King, who had his own reasons for wishing to keep the old Fairy in a good humor, did not spare pretty speeches, and after a time he was allowed to walk by himself upon the sea-shore. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 wishing wish VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 humor humor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 24 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 28 after after ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 obl _ _ 38 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the King | King's own reasons | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | | 2 | **wish** | gerund | King's own reasons *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King's own reasons *not said here* | the old Fairy | | a good humor | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme in humor=Location | | 4 | **not** **spare** | past · do-support | the King *not said here* | pretty speeches | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent speech=Asset | | 5 | **allow** | past · passive | | King | | | time | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **walk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | by King; upon the sea shore | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory | 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/pg503/7/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/10/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)