--- title: By degrees they came to talking about other things in which the King… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By degrees they came to talking about other things in which the King took an interest, and in a wonderfully short time the whole kingdom was astonished by the news that the King was married again to the sorrowful lady. Who acts: degrees, King, news. 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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 (degrees, King, news), 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:pg7277:2:10 # text = By degrees they came to talking about other things in which the King took an interest, and in a wonderfully short time the whole kingdom was astonished by the news that the King was married again to the sorrowful lady. 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 wonderfully wonderfully ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 astonished astonish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | degrees *= degree* | | | | | by degrees | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by degree=Location | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | degrees *= degree* *not said here* | | | | | about other things | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about thing=Topic | | 3 | **take** | past | the King | a interest | | other things | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent interest=Value in which=Location | | 4 | **astonish** | past · passive | the news | the whole kingdom | | | time | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **marry** | past · passive | | the King | | | again | to the sorrowful lady | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to lady=Co-Patient | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/11/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)