--- title: After some consideration he determined to present himself at Court;… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After some consideration he determined to present himself at Court; but his arrival made no stir, as his retinue was as inconsiderable as his stature, and the splendour of his rivals was great enough to throw even Farda-Kinbras himself into the shade. Who acts: Prince, arrival, retinue, splendour. 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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 (Prince, arrival, retinue, splendour), 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:pg7277:16:18 # text = After some consideration he determined to present himself at Court; but his arrival made no stir, as his retinue was as inconsiderable as his stature, and the splendour of his rivals was great enough to throw even Farda-Kinbras himself into the shade. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 consideration consideration NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 stir stir NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 retinue retinue NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 inconsiderable inconsiderable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 stature stature NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 rivals rival NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 37 enough enough ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 Farda Farda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 Kinbras Kinbras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 nmod _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 shade shade NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past | Prince | | | | after some consideration | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **present** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince | | Court | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | Prince's arrival | no stir | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stir=Product | | 4 | **is** | past | Prince's retinue | | | | | as Prince's stature; inconsiderable *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | the splendour of Prince's rivals | | | | | enough, great *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **throw** | to-infinitive | the splendour of Prince's rivals *not said here* | Farda Prince and Kinbras | | | | into the shade *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer farda=Theme into shade=Result | | 7 | **arrive** | | Prince | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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/pg7277/16/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/19/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)