--- title: But this did not last long, for the other people in the King’s Court… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But this did not last long, for the other people in the King’s Court became envious of the lad, and there was no bad thing that they would not have done to him if they had but dared. Who acts: this, other people, people. 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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 (this, other people, people), 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:pg540:38:24 # text = But this did not last long, for the other people in the King’s Court became envious of the lad, and there was no bad thing that they would not have done to him if they had but dared. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 17 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 envious envious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 27 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 xcomp _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux _ _ 34 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **last** | past · do-support | this | | | | | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **become** | past | the other people in the King's Court | | | | | envious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | past | the other people in the King's Court *not said here* | no bad thing | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **do** | would · perfect | people | no bad thing | King | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 5 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | people | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **dare** | past | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/25/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)