--- title: He was indeed deeply sorry for poor King Bayard, and said all the co… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was indeed deeply sorry for poor King Bayard, and said all the consoling things he could think of, promising to aid him with all his might if there was anything to be done. Who acts: Majesty, anything. 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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 (Majesty, anything), 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:pg7277:15:24 # text = He was indeed deeply sorry for poor King Bayard, and said all the consoling things he could think of, promising to aid him with all his might if there was anything to be done. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 Bayard Bayard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 consoling console VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 promising promise VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 aid aid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 with with SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 33 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 nsubj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Majesty | | | | | for poor King; deeply, indeed, sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Majesty *not said here* | all consoling things | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic | | 3 | **console** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | could | Majesty | all consoling things *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | Majesty *not said here* | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **aid** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Majesty *not said here* | | Majesty | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 7 | **be** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | anything | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | anything *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/25/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)