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title: The King, however, was not to be turned from his purpose, and he com… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The King, however, was not to be turned from his purpose, and he commanded the most skilled maidens in his kingdom to weave the three dresses, one as golden as the sun, and one as silver as the moon, and one as shining as the stars; and he gave orders to all his huntsmen to catch one of every kind o
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# The Green Fairy Book, Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature, sentence 15

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The King, however, was not to be turned from his purpose, and he commanded the most skilled maidens in his kingdom to weave the three dresses, one as golden as the sun, and one as silver as the moon, and one as shining as the stars; and he gave orders to all his huntsmen to catch one of every kind of beast in the kingdom, and to get a bit of its skin to make the cloak of a thousand pieces of fur.

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**Who acts:** King, one · **What happens:** not turn, command, weave, shine, give, catch · **To what, where:** King, purpose, skilled maidens, kingdom, three dresses, orders · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, one), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:42:15
# text = The King, however, was not to be turned from his purpose, and he commanded the most skilled maidens in his kingdom to weave the three dresses, one as golden as the sun, and one as silver as the moon, and one as shining as the stars; and he gave orders to all his huntsmen to catch one of every kind of beast in the kingdom, and to get a bit of its skin to make the cloak of a thousand pieces of fur.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	skilled	skilled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	maidens	maiden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	weave	weave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
29	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	33	nsubj	_	_
32	as	as	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
34	as	as	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	41	nsubj	_	_
40	as	as	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
42	as	as	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
47	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nsubj	_	_
48	as	as	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	advcl	_	_
50	as	as	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
57	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obj	_	_
58	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	61	det:predet	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	huntsmen	huntsman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	obl	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	advcl	_	_
64	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	63	obj	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	67	det	_	_
67	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	_
70	in	in	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
71	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
72	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
74	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
75	to	to	PART	TO	_	76	mark	_	_
76	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	conj	_	_
77	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	obj	_	_
79	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
80	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	81	nmod:poss	_	_
81	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	nmod	_	_
82	to	to	PART	TO	_	83	mark	_	_
83	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	76	advcl	_	_
84	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	85	det	_	_
85	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	obj	_	_
86	of	of	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
87	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
88	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	89	nummod	_	_
89	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	85	nmod	_	_
90	of	of	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
91	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	89	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
92	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **turn** | past · passive |  | the King |  | King's purpose |  | however *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme from purpose=Trajectory |
| 2 | **command** | past | King | the skilled maidens |  | King's kingdom |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme in kingdom=Eventuality |
| 3 | **weave** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the three dresses |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dress=Product |
| 4 | **shine** | gerund | one |  |  |  |  | as the stars | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **give** | past | King | orders | King's huntsmen |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Theme to huntsman=Recipient |
| 6 | **catch** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | one of every kind of beast in the kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 7 | **get** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | a bit of bit's skin |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus |
| 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the cloak of thousand pieces of fur |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloak=Product |
| 9 | **purpose** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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