--- title: This appeared to awaken sad recollections in the King’s mind, but he… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This appeared to awaken sad recollections in the King’s mind, but he informed the Prince that he was called King Bayard, and that a Fairy, whose kingdom was next his own, had fallen violently in love with him, and had done all she could to persuade him to marry her; but that he could not do so as he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/18/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/) / 18 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 2, sentence 18 This appeared to awaken sad recollections in the King’s mind, but he informed the Prince that he was called King Bayard, and that a Fairy, whose kingdom was next his own, had fallen violently in love with him, and had done all she could to persuade him to marry her; but that he could not do so as he himself was the devoted lover of the Queen of the Spice Islands. **Who acts:** This, King, Fairy · **What happens:** appear, awaken, inform, call, be, fall · **To what, where:** sad recollections, mind, Prince, King, love, Bayard · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (This, King, Fairy), 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:pg7277:15:18 # text = This appeared to awaken sad recollections in the King’s mind, but he informed the Prince that he was called King Bayard, and that a Fairy, whose kingdom was next his own, had fallen violently in love with him, and had done all she could to persuade him to marry her; but that he could not do so as he himself was the devoted lover of the Queen of the Spice Islands. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 awaken awaken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 recollections recollection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Bayard Bayard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 advcl _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 39 violently violently ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 48 all all ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ; ; PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 63 advmod _ _ 63 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 64 so so ADV RB _ 71 advmod _ _ 65 as as SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 67 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 66 nmod:unmarked _ _ 68 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 devoted devoted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 parataxis _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 Spice Spice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 78 compound _ _ 78 Islands Island PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | This | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **awaken** | to-infinitive | This *not said here* | sad recollections | | the King's mind | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location recollection=Theme | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | King | the Prince | | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **call** | past · passive | | King | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | a Fairy and a Fairy and a Fairy's kingdom's kingdom | | | | | next *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | a Fairy and a Fairy and a Fairy's kingdom's kingdom *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **fall** | past · perfect | This *not said here* | | | love | | with King; violently *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 8 | **do** | past · perfect | This *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | This *not said here* | King | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | | 10 | **marry** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | Bayard | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 11 | **not** **do** | could | King | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is a** | past | King | the devoted lover | | | | of the Queen of the Spice Islands | tree rules | | 13 | **mind** | | the King | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/19/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)