--- title: The King, too, was amazed at the sight, but still he couldn’t make u… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, too, was amazed at the sight, but still he couldn’t make up his mind to part with his daughter, so when Cola-Mattheo came to remind him of his promise he replied, ‘I have still a third demand to make. Who acts: King, Cola, I. 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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, Cola, I), 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:pg7277:25:22 # text = The King, too, was amazed at the sight, but still he couldn’t make up his mind to part with his daughter, so when Cola-Mattheo came to remind him of his promise he replied, ‘I have still a third demand to make. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 amazed amazed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 16 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 advcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 28 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 29 Cola Cola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Mattheo Mattheo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 remind remind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 45 still still ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 48 amod _ _ 48 demand demand NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | the sight | | amazed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **make up** | could | King | King's mind | | | still | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 3 | **come** | past | Cola | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **remind** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Cola *not said here* | | King | | | of King's promise | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of promise=Topic | | 5 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | King | King's promise *not said here* | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent promise=Topic | | 6 | **have** | present | I | a third demand | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demand=Patient | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a third demand *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **mind** | | King | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **promise** | | King | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/23/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)