--- title: It appeared that he, being a rich and powerful monarch, had married… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It appeared that he, being a rich and powerful monarch, had married a lovely Princess named Birbantine, and they were as happy as the day was long--so happy that as they were out sledging one day they were foolish enough to defy fate to spoil their happiness. 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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 (It, rich monarch, stories, day), 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:pg7277:15:57 # text = It appeared that he, being a rich and powerful monarch, had married a lovely Princess named Birbantine, and they were as happy as the day was long--so happy that as they were out sledging one day they were foolish enough to defy fate to spoil their happiness. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 19 Birbantine Birbantine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 -- -- PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 sledging sledge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 45 enough enough ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 defy defy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 csubj _ _ 48 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | It | | | | | that One | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | | a rich monarch | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **marry** | past · perfect | a rich monarch *not said here* | a lovely Princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 4 | **name** | participle | | a lovely Princess *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | stories *= story* | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | the day | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **sledge** | past · progressive | stories *= story* | | | | | | vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | stories *= story* | | | | day | enough, foolish *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **defy** | to-infinitive | | fate | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **spoil** | to-infinitive | | stories's happiness | | | | | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/58/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)