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title: After due consideration she informed the Prince that the object of h… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2, sentence 33

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After due consideration she informed the Prince that the object of his search was not far distant, but that it was too difficult for him to attempt to enter the enchanted palace where she was, as the King his father had surrounded it with a thick cloud, and that the only expedient she could think of would be to gain possession of the Princess’s parrot.

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**Who acts:** Fairy, object, King, thick cloud, only expedient · **What happens:** inform, not be, be, attempt, enter, enchant · **To what, where:** Prince, enchanted palace, King, only expedient, parrot · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fairy, object, King, thick cloud), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:20:33
# text = After due consideration she informed the Prince that the object of his search was not far distant, but that it was too difficult for him to attempt to enter the enchanted palace where she was, as the King his father had surrounded it with a thick cloud, and that the only expedient she could think of would be to gain possession of the Princess’s parrot.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	consideration	consideration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	informed	inform	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
16	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
17	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
20	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	expl	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
23	too	too	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
25	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	ccomp	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
34	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	36	advmod	_	_
35	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
38	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	advcl	_	_
45	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	expedient	expedient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
56	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
57	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
58	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	acl:relcl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	obl	_	_
60	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
61	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	63	cop	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	gain	gain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
64	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	’s	's	PART	POS	_	67	case	_	_
69	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | Fairy | the Prince |  |  | after due consideration |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | the object of King's search |  |  |  |  | distant, far *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | difficult *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **attempt** | to-infinitive | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **enter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the enchanted palace |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination |
| 6 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **surround** | past · perfect · passive | a thick cloud | the King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **think** *speech: other* | could | Fairy | the only expedient *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot expedient=Theme |
| 9 | **is** | would | the only expedient |  |  |  |  | gain *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **search** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom search «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **possess** |  |  | the Princess's parrot |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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