--- title: The King, who was called Cloverleaf, liked hunting better than anyth… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, who was called Cloverleaf, liked hunting better than anything else; but he nevertheless bestowed as much care upon his kingdom as he felt equal to--that is to say, he never made an end of folding and unfolding the State documents. Who acts: King, he, that. 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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, he, 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:pg7277:11:2 # text = The King, who was called Cloverleaf, liked hunting better than anything else; but he nevertheless bestowed as much care upon his kingdom as he felt equal to--that is to say, he never made an end of folding and unfolding the State documents. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 Cloverleaf cloverleaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 xcomp _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obl _ _ 14 else else ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 bestowed bestow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 20 as as ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 29 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj:outer _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 folding folding NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 unfolding unfolding NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 State State PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 documents document NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past · passive | | the King | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **like** | past | the King | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **hunt** *not said to happen* | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bestow** | past | he | | | | | as much care; upon his kingdom; nevertheless *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **feel** | past | he | | | | | equal *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | that | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **make** | past | he | a end of folding and unfolding | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset end=Beneficiary document=Product | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/3/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)