--- title: In process of time the lords and knights of the kingdom counselled t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In process of time the lords and knights of the kingdom counselled the King (as he was young) to live no longer as he had done, but to take a wife; which counsel prevailing, they chose him a rich and beautiful princess to be his consort—a neighbouring King’s daughter, of whom he was very fond. 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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 (lords, husband, counsel), 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:pg540:8:11 # text = In process of time the lords and knights of the kingdom counselled the King (as he was young) to live no longer as he had done, but to take a wife; which counsel prevailing, they chose him a rich and beautiful princess to be his consort—a neighbouring King’s daughter, of whom he was very fond. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 process process NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 counselled counsell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 23 no no ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 37 det _ _ 37 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 prevailing prevail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 44 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 47 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 consort consort NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 — - PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 54 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 amod _ _ 55 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’s 's PART POS _ 55 case _ _ 57 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 obl _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 very very ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **counsell** | past | the lords and knights of the kingdom | the King | | process of time | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | husband | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **live** | to-infinitive | the lords and knights of the kingdom *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | husband | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | | | a wife | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 6 | **prevail** | gerund | which counsel | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **choose** | past | lords *= lord* | a rich princess | husband | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary princess=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | husband's consort and King's neighbouring daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | past | husband | | | | | of King's neighbouring daughter; fond *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **process** | | | time | | | | | nom process «act 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/12/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)