--- title: The King, however, had a counsellor called Red, who became very jeal… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, however, had a counsellor called Red, who became very jealous when he saw how much the King esteemed Ring; and one day he talked to him, and said he could not understand why he had so good an opinion of this stranger, who had not yet shown himself superior to other men in anything. 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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, counsellor, Prince, good opinion), 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:pg640:42:56 # text = The King, however, had a counsellor called Red, who became very jealous when he saw how much the King esteemed Ring; and one day he talked to him, and said he could not understand why he had so good an opinion of this stranger, who had not yet shown himself superior to other men in anything. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 counsellor counsellor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 xcomp _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 esteemed esteem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 24 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 40 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 stranger stranger NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nsubj _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 54 yet yet ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 conj _ _ 56 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 55 obj _ _ 57 superior superior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 amod _ _ 60 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 obl _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the King | a counsellor | | | | however *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsellor=Patient | | 2 | **call** | participle | | a counsellor *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **become** | past | a counsellor | | | | | jealous *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **see** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **esteem** | past | the King | much | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent much=Theme ring=Attribute | | 6 | **talk** | past | Prince | | Ring | | day | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **understand** | could | Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **have** | past | Prince | a good opinion of this stranger | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Patient | | 10 | **not** **show** | past · perfect | a good opinion of this stranger | Prince | | | yet | superior *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | | 11 | **opine** | | | this stranger | | | | | nom opinion «cognition 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/57/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)