--- title: At first the King of the Peacocks was taken aback by this bold speec… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At first the King of the Peacocks was taken aback by this bold speech, and had half a mind to send them all away together; but his Prime Minister declared that it would never do to let such a trick as that pass unpunished, everybody would laugh at him; so the accusation was drawn up against them, th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/197/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/) / 197 # The Red Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, sentence 197 At first the King of the Peacocks was taken aback by this bold speech, and had half a mind to send them all away together; but his Prime Minister declared that it would never do to let such a trick as that pass unpunished, everybody would laugh at him; so the accusation was drawn up against them, that they were impostors, and that they had promised the King a beautiful Princess in marriage who, when she arrived, proved to be an ugly peasant girl. **Who acts:** bold speech, Prime Minister, mind, that, everybody, King · **What happens:** take, have, send away, declare, not do, let · **To what, where:** mind, King, trick, accusation, impostors, ugly peasant girl This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Princess Rosette. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bold speech, Prime Minister, mind, that), 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:pg540:11:197 # text = At first the King of the Peacocks was taken aback by this bold speech, and had half a mind to send them all away together; but his Prime Minister declared that it would never do to let such a trick as that pass unpunished, everybody would laugh at him; so the accusation was drawn up against them, that they were impostors, and that they had promised the King a beautiful Princess in marriage who, when she arrived, proved to be an ugly peasant girl. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 aback aback ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 18 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 20 det:predet _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 nmod:unmarked _ _ 25 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 26 together together ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 31 compound _ _ 31 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 42 det:predet _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 45 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 unpunished unpunished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 accusation accusation NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 59 up up ADP RP _ 58 compound:prt _ _ 60 against against ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 66 mark _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 66 impostors impostor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 69 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 70 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 75 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obj _ _ 78 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nmod _ _ 80 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 84 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 82 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 84 advmod _ _ 83 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 84 nsubj _ _ 84 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 86 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 84 conj _ _ 87 to to PART TO _ 92 mark _ _ 88 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 92 cop _ _ 89 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 92 det _ _ 90 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 92 amod _ _ 91 peasant peasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 92 amod _ _ 92 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 93 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · passive | this bold speech | | | | | at the King; of the Peacocks; aback *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of peacock=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **have** | past | | half mind | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 3 | **send away** | to-infinitive | | King | | | | away, together *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | plenty's Prime Minister | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **do** | would | mind | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | to-infinitive | mind *not said here* | such trick | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme | | 7 | **pass** | present | that | | | | | unpunished *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **laugh** | would | everybody | | | | | at Minister | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **draw up** | past · passive | | the accusation | | | | against King | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 10 | **is a** | past | King | impostors | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect · passive | | King | the King | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **arrive** | past | marriage | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **prove** | past | marriage *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **is a** | to-infinitive | marriage *not said here* | a ugly peasant girl | | | | | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 196](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/196/) - next →: [sentence 198](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/198/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)