--- title: The king’s joy was so great at this news that he would gladly have g… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king’s joy was so great at this news that he would gladly have given Tiidu half of his kingdom; but the piper was no longer so greedy of money as he once was, before he had been shipwrecked on the island. Who acts: joy, piper, 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 (joy, piper, 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:pg2435:12:51 # text = The king’s joy was so great at this news that he would gladly have given Tiidu half of his kingdom; but the piper was no longer so greedy of money as he once was, before he had been shipwrecked on the island. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux _ _ 16 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ _ 17 Tiidu Tiidu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 piper piper NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 no no ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 greedy greedy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 36 advmod _ _ 36 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 before before SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 shipwrecked shipwreck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king's joy | | | this news | | great *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | would · perfect · passive | | king | | | | gladly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient half=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the piper | | | | | of money; greedy, long *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | past | king | | | | | once *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **shipwreck** | past · perfect · passive | | king | | the island | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **joy** | | the king | | | | | | nom joy «feeling 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/52/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)