--- title: The King of the Peacocks made ample amends to the King and Prince fo… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King of the Peacocks made ample amends to the King and Prince for the way in which they had been treated, and did everything in his power to show how sorry he was. Who acts: King, Prince. 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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, Prince), 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:pg540:11:258 # text = The King of the Peacocks made ample amends to the King and Prince for the way in which they had been treated, and did everything in his power to show how sorry he was. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 ample ample ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 amends amend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obl _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 25 obj _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 32 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 33 advmod _ _ 33 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the King of the Peacocks | ample amends | | | | to the King and Prince; for the way | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent amend=Product for way=Asset | | 2 | **treat** | past · perfect · passive | | King | | the way | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | past | the King of the Peacocks *not said here* | everything | | Prince's power | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | the King of the Peacocks *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | sorry *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 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 257](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/257/) - next →: [sentence 259](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/259/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)