--- title: The poor King, having no means of defending his kingdom, was forced… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The poor King, having no means of defending his kingdom, was forced to disguise himself with a false beard, and carrying his only son, the little Prince Featherhead, in his arms, and accompanied only by the Queen, to make the best of his way into the wild country. Who acts: poor 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 (poor 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:pg7277:12:3 # text = The poor King, having no means of defending his kingdom, was forced to disguise himself with a false beard, and carrying his only son, the little Prince Featherhead, in his arms, and accompanied only by the Queen, to make the best of his way into the wild country. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 obj _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 defending defend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 ccomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 disguise disguise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 31 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Featherhead featherhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 accompanied accompany VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | no | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent no=Patient | | 2 | **mean** | present | the poor King | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **defend** | gerund | | consequence's kingdom | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Beneficiary | | 4 | **force** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: clause=Topic | | 5 | **disguise** | to-infinitive | | consequence | | | | with a false beard | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination with beard=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | gerund | | consequence's only son | | consequence's arms | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent son=Value in arm=Location | | 7 | **accompany** | participle | | | | | | by the Queen | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by queen=Destination | | 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | | the best | | the wild country | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent good=Material into country=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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/4/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)