--- title: Once upon a time there lived an old King and Queen, who, although th… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Once upon a time there lived an old King and Queen, who, although they had been married for many years, had no children to brighten their old age or to inherit their kingdom; and in the King’s possession, as it happened, were a favourite mare and dog, who also had no offspring. 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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 (children, it, favourite mare, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:17:1 # text = Once upon a time there lived an old King and Queen, who, although they had been married for many years, had no children to brighten their old age or to inherit their kingdom; and in the King’s possession, as it happened, were a favourite mare and dog, who also had no offspring. 1 Once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 6 advmod _ _ 2 upon upon ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 although although SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 brighten brighten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 57 also also ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 59 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 60 det _ _ 60 offspring offspring NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | | a old King and Queen | | the King's possession; there | time | once *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in possession=Location | | 2 | **marry** | past · perfect · passive | | a old King and Queen | | | year | King *nsubj:pass* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **have** | past | | no children | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **brighten** | to-infinitive | no children *not said here* | King's old age | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent age=Patient | | 5 | **inherit** | to-infinitive | no children *not said here* | King's kingdom | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 6 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is a** | past | | a favourite mare and dog | | | | dog *conj* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | a favourite mare and dog | no offspring | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offspring=Patient | | 9 | **possess** | | the King | | | | | | nom possession «act 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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: [The Story of the Boy With th…, 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/96/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/2/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)