--- title: The king looked on for a little, and then returned with his attendan… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king looked on for a little, and then returned with his attendants to the palace, reflecting all the while on the extreme lightness of his proposed bride and the absurdity of having a wife that rose in the air better than any kite. Who acts: king, absurdity, wife. 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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 (king, absurdity, wife), 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:pg5615:30:7 # text = The king looked on for a little, and then returned with his attendants to the palace, reflecting all the while on the extreme lightness of his proposed bride and the absurdity of having a wife that rose in the air better than any kite. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 reflecting reflect VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 advcl _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 extreme extreme ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 lightness lightness NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 proposed propose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 absurdity absurdity NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 34 of of SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 39 advmod _ _ 44 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 46 kite kite NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look on** | past | the king | | | | | for a little | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for little=Theme | | 2 | **return** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | then | with king's attendants; to the palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 3 | **reflect** | gerund | the king *not said here* | | | | while | on the extreme lightness of king's proposed bride and the absurdity | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on lightness=Topic | | 4 | **propose** | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | gerund | the absurdity *not said here* | a wife | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 6 | **rise** | past | a wife | | | the air | | well *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in air=Location | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/8/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)