--- title: However, this was not all, King Gridelin insisted that the affairs o… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, this was not all, King Gridelin insisted that the affairs of the kingdom should be explained to her, and that she should attend all the councils and give her opinion upon the matter in hand whenever it was asked of her, and this made her life such a burden to her that she implored Lolotte t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/21/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/) / 21 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 21 However, this was not all, King Gridelin insisted that the affairs of the kingdom should be explained to her, and that she should attend all the councils and give her opinion upon the matter in hand whenever it was asked of her, and this made her life such a burden to her that she implored Lolotte to take her away from a country where too much was required of an unhappy Princess. **Who acts:** King, trouble, this · **What happens:** insist, explain, attend, give, ask, make · **To what, where:** affairs, trouble, councils, opinion, life, Lolotte This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, trouble, this), 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:pg7277:36:21 # text = However, this was not all, King Gridelin insisted that the affairs of the kingdom should be explained to her, and that she should attend all the councils and give her opinion upon the matter in hand whenever it was asked of her, and this made her life such a burden to her that she implored Lolotte to take her away from a country where too much was required of an unhappy Princess. 1 However however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 Gridelin Gridelin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 explained explain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 councils council NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 opinion opinion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 49 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 54 det:predet _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 60 Lolotte Lolotte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 63 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 away away ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 65 from from ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 68 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 72 advmod _ _ 69 too too ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 70 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 nsubj:pass _ _ 71 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux:pass _ _ 72 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 acl:relcl _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 74 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | King | | | | | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | should · passive | | the affairs of the kingdom | trouble | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to she=Recipient | | 3 | **attend** | should | trouble | all councils | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme council=Goal | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | trouble *not said here* | trouble's opinion | | | | upon the matter in hand | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opinion=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | | opinion | | | | of trouble; whenever *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 6 | **make** | past | this | trouble's life | trouble | | | such burden *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset life=Product | | 7 | **implore** | past | trouble | Lolotte | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lolotte=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **take away** | to-infinitive | trouble *not said here* | trouble | | a country | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme from country=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **require** | past · passive | | much | | | | of a unhappy Princess | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | | 10 | **opine** | | trouble | | | | | | nom opinion «cognition 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/22/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)