--- title: As these two children would possibly inherit the kingdom, it was nat… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As these two children would possibly inherit the kingdom, it was natural that their people should take a great interest in them, and it fell out that all the tranquil and peace-loving citizens desired that Placida should one day be their Queen, while the rash and quarrelsome hoped great things for V --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/9/) [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/) / 9 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 9 As these two children would possibly inherit the kingdom, it was natural that their people should take a great interest in them, and it fell out that all the tranquil and peace-loving citizens desired that Placida should one day be their Queen, while the rash and quarrelsome hoped great things for Vivien. **Who acts:** two children, people, interest, tranquil citizens, Placida, rash · **What happens:** inherit, be, take, fall out, desire, hope · **To what, where:** kingdom, great interest, Queen, great things 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 (two children, people, interest, tranquil citizens), 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:pg7277:36:9 # text = As these two children would possibly inherit the kingdom, it was natural that their people should take a great interest in them, and it fell out that all the tranquil and peace-loving citizens desired that Placida should one day be their Queen, while the rash and quarrelsome hoped great things for Vivien. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 expl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 17 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 csubj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 28 out out ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 32 tranquil tranquil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 35 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 loving loving ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 37 citizens citizen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 38 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 40 Placida Placida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 while while SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 rash rash NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 quarrelsome quarrelsome NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 53 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 54 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Vivien Vivien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inherit** | would | this two children | the kingdom | | | | possibly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | natural *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | should | children's people | a great interest | | | | in children *= child* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent interest=Value in they=Location | | 4 | **fall out** | past | interest | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **desire** | past | all tranquil citizens | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **is a** | should | Placida | children's Queen | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hope** | past | the rash and quarrelsome | great things | | | | for Vivien | tree rules | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/10/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)