--- title: After greeting the King and Queen, they said that as they were unite… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After greeting the King and Queen, they said that as they were united in wishing to help King Charming, the Fairy Mazilla had no longer any power against him, and he might marry Fiordelisa as soon as he pleased. Who acts: eggs, Fairy Mazilla, King. 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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 (eggs, Fairy Mazilla, King), 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:pg7277:5:69 # text = After greeting the King and Queen, they said that as they were united in wishing to help King Charming, the Fairy Mazilla had no longer any power against him, and he might marry Fiordelisa as soon as he pleased. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 greeting greet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 united united ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 15 in in SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 wishing wish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:desc _ _ 20 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Mazilla Mazilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 26 no no ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 37 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **greet** *speech: greet* | gerund | eggs *= egg* *not said here* | | the King and Queen | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | eggs *= egg* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | eggs *= egg* | | | | | united *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **wish** | gerund | eggs *= egg* *not said here* | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | eggs *= egg* *not said here* | | Charming King | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charming=Beneficiary | | 6 | **have** | past | the Fairy Mazilla | any power | | | | against King; long *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 7 | **marry** | might | King | Fiordelisa | | | | soon *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiordelisa=Patient | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/70/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/5/)