--- title: Now as the King knew that, above all other things, the Queen loved t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now as the King knew that, above all other things, the Queen loved to be told that she was beautiful, he ordered that her portrait should be painted, and that a tournament should be held, at which all the bravest knights of his court should maintain against all comers that Grumbly was the most beaut --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/102/) [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/) / [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/) / 102 # The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1, sentence 102 Now as the King knew that, above all other things, the Queen loved to be told that she was beautiful, he ordered that her portrait should be painted, and that a tournament should be held, at which all the bravest knights of his court should maintain against all comers that Grumbly was the most beautiful princess in the world. **Who acts:** King, Queen, wedding, bravest knights, Grumbly · **What happens:** know, love, tell, be, order, paint · **To what, where:** that, other things, portrait, tournament, beautiful princess, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Queen, wedding, bravest knights), 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:pg540:23:102 # text = Now as the King knew that, above all other things, the Queen loved to be told that she was beautiful, he ordered that her portrait should be painted, and that a tournament should be held, at which all the bravest knights of his court should maintain against all comers that Grumbly was the most beautiful princess in the world. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 above above ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 tournament tournament NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 obl _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 bravest brave ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 amod _ _ 46 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 maintain maintain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 52 against against ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 comers comer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 56 Grumbly Grumbly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 59 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 60 advmod _ _ 60 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the King | that | | all other things | now | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 2 | **love** | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | Queen | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **order** | past | wedding | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **paint** | should · passive | | Queen's portrait | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | | 7 | **hold** | should · passive | | a tournament | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **maintain** | should | all bravest knights of wedding's court | | | | | against all comers | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is a** | past | Grumbly | the beautiful princess | | the world | | | tree rules | | 10 | **portray** | | Queen | | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/101/) - next →: [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/1/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/)