--- title: The king loved the boy very much, but the queen, who was a wicked wo… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king loved the boy very much, but the queen, who was a wicked woman, hated the sight of him; and this was the more unlucky for, when he was twelve years old, his father died, and he was left alone in the world. Who acts: king, queen, this, father. 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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, queen, this, father), 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:pg2435:12:62 # text = The king loved the boy very much, but the queen, who was a wicked woman, hated the sight of him; and this was the more unlucky for, when he was twelve years old, his father died, and he was left alone in the world. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 much much ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 30 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 38 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ _ 48 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | past | the king | the boy | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boy=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | past | the queen | a wicked woman | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **hate** | past | the queen | the sight of king | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | this | | | | | unlucky *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | king | | | | year | old *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **die** | past | king's father | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **leave** | past · passive | | king | | the world | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in world=Location | | 8 | **sight** | | | king | | | | | nom sight «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:** «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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/63/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)