--- title: The king was so delighted with the success of his plan that he order… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king was so delighted with the success of his plan that he ordered a great feast to be got ready, and gave splendid presents to the foster parents of his son, so that he might lack nothing. Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg641:9:25 # text = The king was so delighted with the success of his plan that he ordered a great feast to be got ready, and gave splendid presents to the foster parents of his son, so that he might lack nothing. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 21 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 foster foster NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 lack lack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 40 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | with the success of king's plan; delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **order** | past | king | a great feast | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent feast=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | king *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING» | | 4 | **give** | past | | splendid presents | the foster parents of king's son | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent present=Theme to parent=Recipient | | 5 | **lack** | might | king | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **plan** | | king | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/26/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)