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title: As for the Court, to whom he had rendered such services, all he aske… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: As for the Court, to whom he had rendered such services, all he asked was the freedom to live far from its corruption; and, to crown all, fearing that if he kept the ring he might be tempted to use it in order to regain his lost place in the world, he made up his mind to restore it to the Fairy. Who
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# The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, sentence 90

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As for the Court, to whom he had rendered such services, all he asked was the freedom to live far from its corruption; and, to crown all, fearing that if he kept the ring he might be tempted to use it in order to regain his lost place in the world, he made up his mind to restore it to the Fairy.

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**Who acts:** Rosimond, all, ring · **What happens:** render, ask, be, live, crown, fear · **To what, where:** such services, freedom, all, ring, Rosimond, lost place

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rosimond, all, ring), 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:pg7277:19:90
# text = As for the Court, to whom he had rendered such services, all he asked was the freedom to live far from its corruption; and, to crown all, fearing that if he kept the ring he might be tempted to use it in order to regain his lost place in the world, he made up his mind to restore it to the Fairy.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	4	case	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
11	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	nsubj	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	freedom	freedom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	acl	_	_
22	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	21	advmod	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	corruption	corruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	crown	crown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
31	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	fearing	fear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	30	advcl	_	_
34	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
35	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	ccomp	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	tempted	tempt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	acl:relcl	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	xcomp	_	_
46	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	50	mark	_	_
48	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	fixed	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	regain	regain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	advcl	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
52	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	amod	_	_
53	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
54	in	in	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
59	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
60	up	up	ADP	RP	_	59	compound:prt	_	_
61	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	62	nmod:poss	_	_
62	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
63	to	to	PART	TO	_	64	mark	_	_
64	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	advcl	_	_
65	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	64	obj	_	_
66	to	to	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | past · perfect | Rosimond | such services |  |  |  | as the Court | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent service=Theme to whom=Recipient |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Rosimond |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | past | all | the freedom |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **live** | to-infinitive | Rosimond *not said here* |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **crown** | to-infinitive | Rosimond *not said here* | all |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme |
| 6 | **fear** | gerund | Rosimond *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Rosimond | the ring |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme |
| 8 | **tempt** | might · passive | the ring *not said here* | Rosimond |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 9 | **use** | to-infinitive | the ring *not said here* | ring |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 10 | **regain** | to-infinitive | the ring *not said here* | Rosimond's lost place |  | the world |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 11 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 12 | **make up** | past | Rosimond | Rosimond's mind |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot |
| 13 | **restore** | to-infinitive | Rosimond *not said here* | mind | the Fairy |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to fairy=Recipient |
| 14 | **mind** |  | Rosimond |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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