--- title: No wonder the young ladies thought him very odd, but they liked him… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: No wonder the young ladies thought him very odd, but they liked him all the better for that; and as he had received at his birth the name of Désiré, they all called him d’Amour Désiré. Who acts: wonder, ladies, King. 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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 (wonder, ladies, King), 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:pg540:40:8 # text = No wonder the young ladies thought him very odd, but they liked him all the better for that; and as he had received at his birth the name of Désiré, they all called him d’Amour Désiré. 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 ccomp _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Désiré Désiré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 advmod _ _ 36 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 d’Amour d'amour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 xcomp _ _ 39 Désiré Désiré PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | no wonder | King | | | | odd *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **like** | past | ladies *= lady* | King | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 3 | **receive** | past · perfect | King | the name of Désiré | | King's birth | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent name=Theme at birth=Location | | 4 | **call** | past | ladies *= lady* | | King | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **name** | | | Désiré | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/9/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Canary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/40/)