--- title: The King had so many other things to think of that he did not notice… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King had so many other things to think of that he did not notice this, but all his courtiers were entirely taken up with admiring the Princess and her charming Page in green, who was more handsome and distinguished-looking than all the rest of the court put together. 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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, horse, charming Page, Princess), 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:pg540:23:74 # text = The King had so many other things to think of that he did not notice this, but all his courtiers were entirely taken up with admiring the Princess and her charming Page in green, who was more handsome and distinguished-looking than all the rest of the court put together. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 9 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 notice notice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 23 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 with with SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 admiring admire VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 Page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 40 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 parataxis _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 distinguished distinguished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 45 than than ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 48 det:predet _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 53 together together ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the King | many other things | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | many other things *not said here* | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **notice** | past · do-support | horse | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 4 | **take up** | past · passive | | horse's courtiers | | | | entirely *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **admire** | gerund | | the Princess | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | Princess's charming Page in green | | | | | handsome *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **look** | gerund | Princess's charming Page in green *not said here* | | | | | than all rest of the court | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **put together** | infinitive | Princess's charming Page in green *not said here* | | | | | together *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **page** | | Princess | | | | | | nom page «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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/75/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/)