--- title: Rosimond went straight to the palace of the wicked King, and by mean… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Rosimond went straight to the palace of the wicked King, and by means of his ring was able to be present at all the councils, and learnt all their schemes, so that he was able to forestall them and bring them to naught. Who acts: Rosimond, ring, councils. 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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 (Rosimond, ring, councils), 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:pg7277:19:61 # text = Rosimond went straight to the palace of the wicked King, and by means of his ring was able to be present at all the councils, and learnt all their schemes, so that he was able to forestall them and bring them to naught. 1 Rosimond Rosimond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 straight straight ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 15 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 22 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 xcomp _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 councils council NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 learnt learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 schemes scheme NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 forestall forestall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 naught naught PRON NN PronType=Neg 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Rosimond | | | the palace of the wicked King | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | King's ring | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | King's ring *not said here* | | | all councils | | present *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** | past | Rosimond *not said here* | councils's schemes | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scheme=Topic | | 6 | **is** | past | Rosimond | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **forestall** | to-infinitive | Rosimond *not said here* | schemes *= scheme* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bring** | infinitive | Rosimond *not said here* | schemes *= scheme* | | naught | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to naught=Destination | | 9 | **scheme** | | councils *= council* | | | | | | nom scheme «cognition transitive»: 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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/62/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/)