--- title: Now the King had heard much of the mysterious son of seven Queens, a… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Now the King had heard much of the mysterious son of seven Queens, and his marvellous wealth, so he gladly accepted the invitation; but what was his astonishment when on entering the palace he found it was a facsimile of his own in every particular! Who acts: King, palace. 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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, palace), 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:pg7128:19:64 # text = Now the King had heard much of the mysterious son of seven Queens, and his marvellous wealth, so he gladly accepted the invitation; but what was his astonishment when on entering the palace he found it was a facsimile of his own in every particular! 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 accepted accept VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 invitation invitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 on on SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 entering enter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 facsimile facsimile NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 nmod _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past · perfect | the King | much of the mysterious son of seven Queens | | | now | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | | 2 | **accept** | past | King | the invitation | | | | gladly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | | King's astonishment | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **enter** | gerund | | the palace | | every particular | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | | 5 | **find** | past | King | the palace *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Topic | | 6 | **is a** | past | palace | a facsimile | | | | of King's own | tree rules | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/65/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/19/)