--- title: Ring now left the King, and was very silent, for he saw he was in a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Ring now left the King, and was very silent, for he saw he was in a great difficulty: but, on the other hand, he thought it was excellent to have such a chance of winning the King’s daughter. Who acts: Ring, it, chance. 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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 (Ring, it, chance), 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:pg640:42:96 # text = Ring now left the King, and was very silent, for he saw he was in a great difficulty: but, on the other hand, he thought it was excellent to have such a chance of winning the King’s daughter. 1 Ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 38 det:predet _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 39 of of SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 winning win VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’s 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | Ring | the King | | | now | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Ring *not said here* | | | | | silent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | past | Ring | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | Ring | | | a great difficulty | | | tree rules | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Ring | | | | | on the other hand | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on hand=Topic | | 6 | **is** | past | it | | | | | excellent *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | to-infinitive | | such chance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | | 8 | **win** | gerund | such chance *not said here* | the King's daughter | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/97/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)