--- title: But nobody could offer any solution of the mystery, only they all se… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But nobody could offer any solution of the mystery, only they all seemed to agree that it must be something frightful, and the King and Queen made themselves more miserable than ever, and wandered about their palace in a way to make anyone pity them. Who acts: nobody, King, solution, anyone. 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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 (nobody, King, solution, anyone), 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:pg7277:14:29 # text = But nobody could offer any solution of the mystery, only they all seemed to agree that it must be something frightful, and the King and Queen made themselves more miserable than ever, and wandered about their palace in a way to make anyone pity them. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 4 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 solution solution NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 only only ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 advmod _ _ 14 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 16 obj _ _ 22 frightful frightful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 32 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 wandered wander VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 38 about about ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 46 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obj _ _ 47 pity pity VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | could | nobody | any solution of the mystery | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent solution=Theme | | 2 | **seem** | past | King | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | must | solution | something | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past | the King and Queen | King | | | | miserable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Product | | 6 | **wander** | past | King *not said here* | | | a way | | about King's palace | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about palace=Trajectory | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | anyone | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pity** | infinitive | anyone *not said here* | King | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/30/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)