--- title: The colour was very rare, and none could be found like it, and the k… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The colour was very rare, and none could be found like it, and the king made a proclamation that if anyone happened to possess any they should bring it to the court, and he would give them a large sum. Who acts: colour, king, anyone, any. 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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 (colour, king, anyone, any), 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:pg5615:18:131 # text = The colour was very rare, and none could be found like it, and the king made a proclamation that if anyone happened to possess any they should bring it to the court, and he would give them a large sum. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 24 nsubj _ _ 24 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 30 nsubj _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the colour | | | | | rare *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | could · passive | | none | | | | like colour | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **make** | past | the king | a proclamation | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Product | | 4 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anyone | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **possess** | to-infinitive | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** | should | any | proclamation | | the court | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to court=Destination | | 7 | **give** | would | King | a large sum | tailors *= tailor* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient sum=Theme | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/132/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/)