--- title: Then she addressed King Farda-Kinbras, and informed him of the real… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she addressed King Farda-Kinbras, and informed him of the real history of the Prince, and how she had determined to give him the education she knew would be best for a man who was to command others. Who acts: Fairy, man. 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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 (Fairy, man), 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:pg7277:17:62 # text = Then she addressed King Farda-Kinbras, and informed him of the real history of the Prince, and how she had determined to give him the education she knew would be best for a man who was to command others. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 addressed address VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 Farda Farda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Kinbras Kinbras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 37 advmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **address** | past | Fairy | | King | | then | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Destination | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | Fairy *not said here* | | horse | | | of the real history of the Prince | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of history=Topic | | 3 | **determine** | past · perfect | Fairy | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* | | horse | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **know** | past | Fairy | the education *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer education=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | a man | | | | | command *property* | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/63/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)