--- title: But the King was never able to enjoy his treasure, for he might watc… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the King was never able to enjoy his treasure, for he might watch and guard them as he liked, as soon as they began to get ripe they were always stolen. Who acts: King, treasures. 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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 (King, treasures), 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:pg7277:52:2 # text = But the King was never able to enjoy his treasure, for he might watch and guard them as he liked, as soon as they began to get ripe they were always stolen. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 guard guard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 as as ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 34 advmod _ _ 34 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the King | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enjoy** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | king's treasure | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treasure=Stimulus | | 3 | **watch** | might | king | | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **guard** | infinitive | king *not said here* | treasures *= treasure* | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 5 | **like** | past | king | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **begin** | past | treasures *= treasure* | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **get** | to-infinitive | treasures *= treasure* *not said here* | | | | | ripe *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **steal** | past · passive | | treasures *= treasure* | | | | always *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **treasure** | | king | | | | | | nom treasure «possession 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/3/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)