--- title: As time went on, in spite of the admiration of the whole Court and t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As time went on, in spite of the admiration of the whole Court and the blind fondness of the King and Queen, it became more and more evident that something was fatally wrong: for those who love no one cannot long be loved; and at last the King called a general assembly, and invited the Fairies to at --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/4/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/) / 4 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 4 As time went on, in spite of the admiration of the whole Court and the blind fondness of the King and Queen, it became more and more evident that something was fatally wrong: for those who love no one cannot long be loved; and at last the King called a general assembly, and invited the Fairies to attend, that they might, if possible, find out what was the matter. **Who acts:** heart, something, last King, Fairies · **What happens:** go on, become, be, love, not love, call · **To what, where:** spite, one, general assembly, Fairies, matter, admiration · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart, something, last King, Fairies), 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:pg7277:16:4 # text = As time went on, in spite of the admiration of the whole Court and the blind fondness of the King and Queen, it became more and more evident that something was fatally wrong: for those who love no one cannot long be loved; and at last the King called a general assembly, and invited the Fairies to attend, that they might, if possible, find out what was the matter. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 fondness fondness NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 30 evident evident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 35 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 fatally fatally ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 xcomp _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 love love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 45 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 that that SCONJ IN _ 68 mark _ _ 67 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 70 if if SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 71 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 73 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 parataxis _ _ 74 out out ADP RP _ 73 compound:prt _ _ 75 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 78 nsubj _ _ 76 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 78 cop _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | heart *not said here* | | | spite of the admiration of the whole Court and the blind fondness of the King and Queen | time | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in spite=Location | | 2 | **become** | past | heart | | | | | evident *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | something | | | | | fatally, wrong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **love** | present | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **love** | can · passive | | no one | | | | long *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **call** | past | the last King | a general assembly | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent assembly=Recipient | | 7 | **invite** | past | | the Fairies | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **attend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Fairies *not said here* | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **find out** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **spite** | | | the admiration of the whole Court and the blind fondness of the King and Queen | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **admire** | | | the whole Court and the blind fondness of the King and Queen | | | | | nom admiration «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/5/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)