--- title: At these mysterious words the King and Queen burst into tears, for t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At these mysterious words the King and Queen burst into tears, for they lived in such a hot climate themselves that how or why the Prince should come to be covered with fur they could not imagine, and thought it must portend some great misfortune to him. Who acts: King, Prince, fur. 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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, Prince, fur), 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:pg7277:14:22 # text = At these mysterious words the King and Queen burst into tears, for they lived in such a hot climate themselves that how or why the Prince should come to be covered with fur they could not imagine, and thought it must portend some great misfortune to him. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 mysterious mysterious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 9 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 20 det:predet _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 climate climate NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 23 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 portend portend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 45 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | past | the King and Queen | | | this mysterious words | | into tears | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at word=Location | | 2 | **live** | past | King | King | | such hot climate | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in climate=Location | | 3 | **come** | should | the Prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cover** | to-infinitive · passive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | with fur | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with fur=Theme | | 5 | **not** **imagine** | could | King | fur *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fur=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King and Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **portend** | must | fur | some great misfortune | Prince | | | | 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:** «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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/23/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)