--- title: Meanwhile Admiral Cocked-Hat had despatched Jack-the-Chatterer-of-th… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Meanwhile Admiral Cocked-Hat had despatched Jack-the-Chatterer-of-the-Straw-Boots, Courier in Ordinary to the Prime Minister, to tell the King that the Princess and the Ambassador had landed on Squirrel Island, but that not knowing the country he had not pursued them, for fear of being captured by c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/1/) [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/) / [The Princess Mayblossom, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/) / 1 # The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 3, sentence 1 Meanwhile Admiral Cocked-Hat had despatched Jack-the-Chatterer-of-the-Straw-Boots, Courier in Ordinary to the Prime Minister, to tell the King that the Princess and the Ambassador had landed on Squirrel Island, but that not knowing the country he had not pursued them, for fear of being captured by concealed enemies. **Who acts:** Princess, King, concealed enemies · **What happens:** despatch, tell, land, not know, not pursue, capture · **To what, where:** Admiral, King, Squirrel Island, country, Princess, fear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, King, concealed enemies), 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:pg540:5:1 # text = Meanwhile Admiral Cocked-Hat had despatched Jack-the-Chatterer-of-the-Straw-Boots, Courier in Ordinary to the Prime Minister, to tell the King that the Princess and the Ambassador had landed on Squirrel Island, but that not knowing the country he had not pursued them, for fear of being captured by concealed enemies. 1 Meanwhile meanwhile ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 Admiral Admiral PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 Cocked cocked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Hat Hat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 despatched despatch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 Chatterer Chatterer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Straw straw NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Courier Courier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Ordinary Ordinary PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 28 compound _ _ 28 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 landed land VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 Squirrel Squirrel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 Island Island PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 advcl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 pursued pursue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 conj _ _ 56 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 60 of of SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 aux:pass _ _ 62 captured capture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl _ _ 63 by by ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 amod _ _ 65 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despatch** | past · perfect · passive | | Admiral and Cocked Hat | | | | meanwhile *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 3 | **land** | past · perfect | the Princess and the Ambassador | | | Squirrel Island | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on island=Destination | | 4 | **not** **know** | gerund | King *not said here* | the country | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer country=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **pursue** | past · perfect | King | Princess | | | | for fear | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **capture** | gerund · passive | concealed enemies | fear *not said here* | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **conceal** | participle | | | | | | | vn concealment-16 «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: [The Princess Mayblossom, par…, 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/111/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/2/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/)