--- title: The emperor was blind altogether now, and Florea and Costan had beso… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The emperor was blind altogether now, and Florea and Costan had besought him to give the government of the kingdom into their hands; but he would not, saying that he did not mean to resign the government till he had washed his eyes from the well of the Fairy of the Dawn. Who acts: emperor, Costan. 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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 (emperor, Costan), 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:pg641:22:32 # text = The emperor was blind altogether now, and Florea and Costan had besought him to give the government of the kingdom into their hands; but he would not, saying that he did not mean to resign the government till he had washed his eyes from the well of the Fairy of the Dawn. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 Florea Florea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 Costan Costan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 besought beseech VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 resign resign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 till till SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 well well NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Dawn Dawn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the emperor | | | | now | blind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beseech** | past · perfect · passive | | Florea and Costan | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | | the government of the kingdom | | Florea's hands | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent government=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **mean** | past · do-support | Costan | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **resign** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Costan *not said here* | the government | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent government=Theme | | 7 | **wash** | past · perfect | Costan | Costan's eyes | | the well of the Fairy of the Dawn | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Theme from well=Source | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/22/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/22/33/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/22/)