--- title: Now, the only trouble that Lord Tubby had was about his son, whom he… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, the only trouble that Lord Tubby had was about his son, whom he loved very much, although they were not in the least alike, for the young Prince was as thin as a cuckoo. Who acts: Lord, only trouble, King, lords. 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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 (Lord, only trouble, King, lords), 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:pg540:40:5 # text = Now, the only trouble that Lord Tubby had was about his son, whom he loved very much, although they were not in the least alike, for the young Prince was as thin as a cuckoo. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 7 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 Tubby Tubby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 obj _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 much much ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 although although SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 advmod _ _ 28 alike alike ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 cuckoo cuckoo NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Lord | the only trouble | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | the only trouble | | | | now | about King's son | tree rules | | 3 | **love** | past | King | King's son | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | lords *= lord* | | | | | alike *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | the young Prince | | | | | as a cuckoo; thin *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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/6/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Canary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/)