--- title: The night was so dark that the King had not a chance of finding out… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The night was so dark that the King had not a chance of finding out the trick that was being played upon him, so he approached the window with the greatest delight, and said everything that he had been longing to say to Fiordelisa to persuade her of his love for her. Who acts: night, King, chance. 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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 (night, King, chance), 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:pg7277:2:78 # text = The night was so dark that the King had not a chance of finding out the trick that was being played upon him, so he approached the window with the greatest delight, and said everything that he had been longing to say to Fiordelisa to persuade her of his love for her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 15 out out ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 33 amod _ _ 33 delight delight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 36 obj _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux _ _ 42 longing long VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the night | | | | | dark *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | the King | a chance | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient | | 3 | **find out** | gerund | a chance *not said here* | the trick | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic | | 4 | **play** | past · passive | | the trick | | | | upon King | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **approach** | past | King | the window | | | | with the greatest delight | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent window=Theme with delight=Instrument | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the night *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent everything=Topic | | 7 | **long** | past · perfect · progressive | King | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | Fiordelisa | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to fiordelisa=Recipient | | 9 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | Fiordelisa | | | | of King's love; for Fiordelisa | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 10 | **love** | | King | | | | | | nom love «feeling 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/79/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)