--- title: As soon as he possibly could, King Charming went to see the King and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as he possibly could, King Charming went to see the King and Queen, and as he entered the hall he looked for Fiordelisa, and every time anyone came in he started round to see who it was, and was altogether so uneasy and dissatisfied that the Queen saw it plainly. 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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 (King, anyone, hall, Queen), 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:pg7277:2:65 # text = As soon as he possibly could, King Charming went to see the King and Queen, and as he entered the hall he looked for Fiordelisa, and every time anyone came in he started round to see who it was, and was altogether so uneasy and dissatisfied that the Queen saw it plainly. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 30 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 33 nsubj _ _ 33 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 34 in in SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 37 round round ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 39 ccomp _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 dissatisfied dissatisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 advcl _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | King | | | | | soon *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the King and Queen | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 3 | **enter** | past | King | the hall | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination | | 4 | **look** | past | King | | | | | for Fiordelisa | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fiordelisa=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | anyone | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **start** | past | King | | | | | round *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | hall | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | past | anyone *not said here* | | | | | altogether, uneasy *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **see** | past | the Queen | hall | | | | plainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/66/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)