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title: In the last of these sat the Ambassador with the haughty and scornfu… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 69

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In the last of these sat the Ambassador with the haughty and scornful air which he considered becoming in the representative of so powerful a monarch: for this was the crowning point of the absurdity of the whole procession, that all who took part in it wore the expression of vanity and self-satisfaction and pride in their own appearance and all their surroundings which they believed their splendour amply justified.

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**Who acts:** these, Ambassador, this, part, surroundings · **What happens:** sit, consider, become, be, take, wear · **To what, where:** Ambassador, haughty air, representative, part, expression, own appearance

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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 (these, Ambassador, this, part), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:16:69
# text = In the last of these sat the Ambassador with the haughty and scornful air which he considered becoming in the representative of so powerful a monarch: for this was the crowning point of the absurdity of the whole procession, that all who took part in it wore the expression of vanity and self-satisfaction and pride in their own appearance and all their surroundings which they believed their splendour amply justified.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	haughty	haughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	scornful	scornful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obj	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	considered	consider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	xcomp	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	representative	representative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	so	so	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
29	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	crowning	crowning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	absurdity	absurdity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
43	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	33	appos	_	_
44	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj	_	_
45	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	acl:relcl	_	_
46	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
47	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
48	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
49	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	vanity	vanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
55	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
61	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
62	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
65	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	67	det:predet	_	_
66	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	surroundings	surroundings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	63	conj	_	_
68	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	70	nsubj	_	_
69	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
70	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	acl:relcl	_	_
71	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	72	nmod:poss	_	_
72	splendour	splendour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	_
73	amply	amply	ADV	RB	_	74	advmod	_	_
74	justified	justified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	70	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | these | the Ambassador |  |  |  | with the haughty air | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ambassador=Theme |
| 2 | **consider** | past | Ambassador | the haughty air |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 3 | **become** | gerund | Ambassador *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the representative of a powerful monarch *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in representative=Result |
| 4 | **is** | past | this |  |  |  |  | for the crowning point; of the absurdity of the whole procession | tree rules |
| 5 | **take** | past |  | part |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 6 | **wear** | past | part | the expression of vanity and self satisfaction and pride |  | expression's own appearance and expression's surroundings |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent expression=Source |
| 7 | **believe** | past | expression's surroundings | expression's splendour |  |  |  | justified *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer splendour=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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