--- title: They thought that for the present they could not do better than stay… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They thought that for the present they could not do better than stay in this delightful place, and the King set to work, and soon built a bower of branches to shelter them; and when it was finished the Queen was so charmed with it that she declared nothing was lacking to complete her happiness but a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Ce…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/) / 7 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 7 They thought that for the present they could not do better than stay in this delightful place, and the King set to work, and soon built a bower of branches to shelter them; and when it was finished the Queen was so charmed with it that she declared nothing was lacking to complete her happiness but a flock of sheep, which she and the little Prince might tend while the King fished. **Who acts:** King, Queen, nothing · **What happens:** think, not do, stay, work, build, shelter · **To what, where:** delightful place, bower, King, Queen, happiness · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, Queen, nothing), 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:pg7277:12:7 # text = They thought that for the present they could not do better than stay in this delightful place, and the King set to work, and soon built a bower of branches to shelter them; and when it was finished the Queen was so charmed with it that she declared nothing was lacking to complete her happiness but a flock of sheep, which she and the little Prince might tend while the King fished. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 11 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 12 than than SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 delightful delightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 set set NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 shelter shelter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 advcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 charmed charm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 52 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 54 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 lacking lack VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 ccomp _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 complete complete VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 65 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 72 obj _ _ 66 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 conj _ _ 71 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 tend tend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 parataxis _ _ 73 while while SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 76 fished fish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | King | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **do** | could | King | | | | | for the present; well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stay** | infinitive | King *not said here* | | | this delightful place | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | | 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **build** | past | King *not said here* | a bower of branches | | | | soon *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bower=Product | | 6 | **shelter** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | King | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 7 | **finish** | past · passive | | bower | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 8 | **charm** | past · passive | | the Queen | | | | with bower | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 9 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | Queen | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 10 | **lack** | past · progressive | nothing | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **complete** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | Queen's happiness but a flock of sheep | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Eventuality | | 12 | **tend** | might | Queen | Queen's happiness but a flock of sheep | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 13 | **fish** | past | the King | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/8/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)