--- title: But it happened that both the King and Queen were of a very argument… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: But it happened that both the King and Queen were of a very argumentative turn of mind, and were constantly disputing with one another about all sorts of trifles, and as neither would ever give way to the other, it generally ended in their quarrelling. Who acts: it, King, neither, way. 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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 (it, King, neither, way), 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:pg75000:22:2 # text = But it happened that both the King and Queen were of a very argumentative turn of mind, and were constantly disputing with one another about all sorts of trifles, and as neither would ever give way to the other, it generally ended in their quarrelling. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 5 both both CCONJ CC _ 7 cc:preconj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 very very ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 argumentative argumentative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 constantly constantly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 disputing dispute VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 obl _ _ 25 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 24 fixed _ _ 26 about about ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 trifles trifle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 37 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 37 advmod _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 38 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 generally generally ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 quarrelling quarrelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the King and Queen | | | | | of a argumentative turn; of mind | tree rules | | 3 | **dispute** | past · progressive | | | | | | with one about all sorts of trifles; constantly *property* | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with one=Co-Agent | | 4 | **give** | would | neither | way | the other | | ever | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Theme to other=Recipient | | 5 | **end** | past | way | | | trifles's quarrelling | | generally *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **sort** | | | trifles | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=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:** «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: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/3/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)