--- title: For in those days the one thing to be thought of in governing a king… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For in those days the one thing to be thought of in governing a kingdom was to keep well with all the Fairies and Enchanters, and on no account to stint them of the cakes, the ells of ribbon, and similar trifles which were their due, and, above all things, when there was a christening, to remember t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/3/) [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/) / [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/) / 3 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 3 For in those days the one thing to be thought of in governing a kingdom was to keep well with all the Fairies and Enchanters, and on no account to stint them of the cakes, the ells of ribbon, and similar trifles which were their due, and, above all things, when there was a christening, to remember to invite every single one, good, bad, or indifferent, to the ceremony. **Who acts:** one thing, similar trifles, things · **What happens:** think of, govern, be, stint, remember, invite · **To what, where:** kingdom, things, account, single one This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one thing, similar trifles, things), 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:pg7277:14:3 # text = For in those days the one thing to be thought of in governing a kingdom was to keep well with all the Fairies and Enchanters, and on no account to stint them of the cakes, the ells of ribbon, and similar trifles which were their due, and, above all things, when there was a christening, to remember to invite every single one, good, bad, or indifferent, to the ceremony. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:outer _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 governing govern VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 19 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 Enchanters enchanter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 30 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 stint stint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 44 similar similar ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 trifles trifle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 61 case _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 above above ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 55 det _ _ 55 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 59 advmod _ _ 58 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 59 expl _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 invite invite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ _ 67 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 69 det _ _ 68 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 75 or or CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 indifferent indifferent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 78 to to ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think of** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | the one thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V» | | 2 | **govern** | gerund | the one thing *not said here* | a kingdom | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the one thing | | | | day | with all Fairies and Enchanters; keep, well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **stint** | to-infinitive | the one thing *not said here* | things *= thing* | | no account | | of the cakes and the ells of ribbon | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | similar trifles | | | | | due *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | all things | | | | | due a christening | tree rules | | 7 | **remember** | to-infinitive | the one thing *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 8 | **invite** | to-infinitive | the one thing *not said here* | every single one | | | | to the ceremony | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | 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/pg7277/14/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/4/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)