--- title: As King Charming did not know what had happened to the Princess, he… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As King Charming did not know what had happened to the Princess, he looked forward impatiently to meeting her again, and he tried to talk about her with the courtiers who were placed in attendance on him. Who acts: Charming, 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 (Charming, 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:pg7277:2:43 # text = As King Charming did not know what had happened to the Princess, he looked forward impatiently to meeting her again, and he tried to talk about her with the courtiers who were placed in attendance on him. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:desc _ _ 3 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 forward forward ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 impatiently impatiently ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 to to SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 meeting meet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 again again ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 about about ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 attendance attendance NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | Charming King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | to the Princess | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **look** | past | King | | | | | forward *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **meet** | gerund | King *not said here* | visit | | | again | impatiently *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 5 | **try** | past | King | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | about visit; with the courtiers | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic with courtier=Co-Agent | | 7 | **place** | past · passive | | the courtiers | | attendance | | on King | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on he=Destination | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/44/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)