--- title: The kingdom was left in the charge of the Prime Minister, who answer… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The kingdom was left in the charge of the Prime Minister, who answered ‘Ditto’ to everything; but the choice was better than it seemed, for the worthy man was much beloved by the people, as he agreed with all they said, and they left him feeling very pleased with themselves and their own wisdom. 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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 (Prime Minister, choice, it, people), 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:pg5615:29:122 # text = The kingdom was left in the charge of the Prime Minister, who answered ‘Ditto’ to everything; but the choice was better than it seemed, for the worthy man was much beloved by the people, as he agreed with all they said, and they left him feeling very pleased with themselves and their own wisdom. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 11 compound _ _ 11 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Ditto Ditto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 parataxis _ _ 26 than than SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ 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 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 much much ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 beloved belov VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 obl _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 xcomp _ _ 54 very very ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | the kingdom | | the charge of the Prime Minister | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in charge=Location | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Prime Minister | | Ditto | | | to everything | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ditto=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | past | the choice | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **belov** | past · passive | the people | the worthy man | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | man | | | | | with all | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with all=Co-Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | kingdoms *= kingdom* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **leave** | past | kingdoms *= kingdom* | man | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **feel** | gerund | man *not said here* | | | | | with kingdoms *= kingdom*; pleased *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **charge** | | | the Prime Minister | | | | | nom charge «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 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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/123/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/)