--- title: They all assured him that, so far as they knew, everything had been… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They all assured him that, so far as they knew, everything had been done for the Princess, and they had forgotten nothing that they could bestow on so good a neighbour as the King had been to them. Who acts: King. 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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 (King), 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:pg7277:16:7 # text = They all assured him that, so far as they knew, everything had been done for the Princess, and they had forgotten nothing that they could bestow on so good a neighbour as the King had been to them. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 obj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 30 on on ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assure** | past | King | that | him *= he* | | | far *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Precondition he=Beneficiary that=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past | King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | everything | | | | for the Princess | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **forget** | past · perfect | King | nothing | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bestow on** | could | King | a good neighbour | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past · perfect | the King | | | | | to Court | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/8/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)