--- title: Now Virgilius did not think that either his palace, or even Rome its… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now Virgilius did not think that either his palace, or even Rome itself, was good enough to contain such a pearl as the princess, so he built her a city whose foundations stood upon eggs, buried far away down in the depths of the sea. Who acts: Virgilius, Rome, foundations. 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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 (Virgilius, Rome, foundations), 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:pg641:43:115 # text = Now Virgilius did not think that either his palace, or even Rome itself, was good enough to contain such a pearl as the princess, so he built her a city whose foundations stood upon eggs, buried far away down in the depths of the sea. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 Virgilius Virgilius PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 either either CCONJ CC _ 9 cc:preconj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 Rome Rome PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 13 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 18 enough enough ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 contain contain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 23 det:predet _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 34 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 foundations foundation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl _ _ 41 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 down down ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | Virgilius | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | Rome palace | | | | | enough, good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **contain** | to-infinitive | Rome palace *not said here* | such pearl | | | | as the princess | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pearl=Theme | | 4 | **build** | past | Virgilius | a city | Rome | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary city=Product | | 5 | **stand** | past | foundations | | | eggs | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon egg=Location | | 6 | **bury down** | participle | | eggs *not said here* | | the depths of the sea | | away, down *property* | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in depth=Destination | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/116/) - ↑ back to [Virgilius the Sorcerer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/43/)