--- title: It was not pleasant, however, to discover that Jesper was a mere fis… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was not pleasant, however, to discover that Jesper was a mere fisher-lad; that wasn’t the kind of son-in-law that the king had expected, and he said so to the queen. Who acts: whistle, Jesper, that. A sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jesper Who Herded the Hares, with its depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/72/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Violet Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/) / [Jesper Who Herded the Hares](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/) / 72 # The Violet Fairy Book, Jesper Who Herded the Hares, sentence 72 It was not pleasant, however, to discover that Jesper was a mere fisher-lad; that wasn’t the kind of son-in-law that the king had expected, and he said so to the queen. **Who acts:** whistle, Jesper, that · **What happens:** not be, discover, be, expect, say · **To what, where:** mere fisher lad, kind, law, queen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jesper Who Herded the Hares. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (whistle, Jesper, that), 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:pg641:24:72 # text = It was not pleasant, however, to discover that Jesper was a mere fisher-lad; that wasn’t the kind of son-in-law that the king had expected, and he said so to the queen. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 11 Jesper Jesper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 fisher fisher NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 21 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 25 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | whistle | | | | | pleasant *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **discover** | to-infinitive | whistle *not said here* | | | | | however *property* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | Jesper | a mere fisher lad | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **is a** | past | that | the kind | | | | of law | tree rules | | 5 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | | law | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jesper | | the queen | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to queen=Recipient | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/73/) - ↑ back to [Jesper Who Herded the Hares](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/24/)