--- title: They soon found that the fish were not only abundant and easily caug… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They soon found that the fish were not only abundant and easily caught, but also very beautiful, with glittering scales of every imaginable hue; and before long the King discovered that he could teach them to talk and whistle better than any parrot. Who acts: King, fish. 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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, fish), 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:pg7277:12:8 # text = They soon found that the fish were not only abundant and easily caught, but also very beautiful, with glittering scales of every imaginable hue; and before long the King discovered that he could teach them to talk and whistle better than any parrot. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 abundant abundant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 easily easily ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 also also ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 with with SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 glittering glitter VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 22 scales scale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 26 det _ _ 25 imaginable imaginable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 hue hue NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 before before ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 long long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 teach teach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 whistle whistle VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 43 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 42 advmod _ _ 44 than than ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 det _ _ 46 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | King | | | | | soon *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** | past | the fish | | | | | abundant *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **catch** | participle | the fish *not said here* | | | | | easily *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **glitter** | gerund | King *not said here* | scales of every imaginable hue | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent scale=Theme | | 5 | **long** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | before *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **discover** | past | the King | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **teach** *speech: other* | could | Fish | | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **talk** | to-infinitive | Fish *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **whistle** | present | Fish *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/9/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)