--- title: Then the Many-furred Creature came before the King, but she said aga… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Many-furred Creature came before the King, but she said again that she was of no use except to have boots thrown at her head, and that she knew nothing at all of the golden spinning-wheel. Who acts: furred Creature, Creature. 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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 (furred Creature, Creature), 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:pg7277:42:71 # text = Then the Many-furred Creature came before the King, but she said again that she was of no use except to have boots thrown at her head, and that she knew nothing at all of the golden spinning-wheel. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 3 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 furred fur VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 Creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 again again ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 21 det _ _ 21 use use NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ _ 22 except except ADP IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 csubj _ _ 25 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 26 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 35 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 obj _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fur** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the furred Creature | | | | before the King; then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before king=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Creature | | | | again | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | Creature | | | | | of no use | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | to-infinitive | | boots | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient | | 6 | **throw** | participle | | boots *not said here* | | Creature's head | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at head=Destination | | 7 | **know** | past | Creature | nothing | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/72/) - ↑ back to [Allerleirauh; Or, the Many-furred Creature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/42/)