--- title: Under these circumstances it was unanimously decided that whichever… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Under these circumstances it was unanimously decided that whichever of the two could show to the world the greatest wonder should be Queen; but it was to be a special kind of wonder, no moving of mountains or any such common fairy tricks would do. Who acts: whichever, choice, special kind. 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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 (whichever, choice, special kind), 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:pg7277:8:100 # text = Under these circumstances it was unanimously decided that whichever of the two could show to the world the greatest wonder should be Queen; but it was to be a special kind of wonder, no moving of mountains or any such common fairy tricks would do. 1 Under under ADP IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 unanimously unanimously ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 whichever whichever NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nmod _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 moving moving NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 42 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 43 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 46 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | past · passive | | this circumstances | | | | unanimously *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **show** | could | that whichever of the two | the greatest wonder | | | | to the world | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent wonder=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | should | | Queen | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | choice | a special kind or any such common fairy tricks | | | | of wonder; no moving of mountains *nmod* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | would | a special kind or any such common fairy tricks | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/101/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)