--- title: The King could not help thinking that she did not say exactly what h… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King could not help thinking that she did not say exactly what he would have expected from his darling Fiordelisa, but he persuaded himself that the fear of being surprised by the Queen was making her awkward and unnatural. Who acts: King, chance, Queen, fear. 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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, chance, Queen, fear), 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:pg7277:2:81 # text = The King could not help thinking that she did not say exactly what he would have expected from his darling Fiordelisa, but he persuaded himself that the fear of being surprised by the Queen was making her awkward and unnatural. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thinking think VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 12 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 darling darling ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 persuaded persuade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 surprised surprise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 awkward awkward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 unnatural unnatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **help** | could | the King | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | chance | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 4 | **expect** | would · perfect · passive | | King | | King's darling Fiordelisa | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **persuade** | past | King | King | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 6 | **surprise** | gerund · passive | the Queen | the fear *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **make** | past · progressive | the fear | chance | | | | awkward *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset her=Product | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/82/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)