--- title: However, the king paid no heed to her tears and prayers, and before… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, the king paid no heed to her tears and prayers, and before many days were over the wedding was celebrated with great splendour, though the bridegroom had not taken the trouble to wash himself, and was as dirty as before. Who acts: king, many days. 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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, many days), 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:pg2435:13:38 # text = However, the king paid no heed to her tears and prayers, and before many days were over the wedding was celebrated with great splendour, though the bridegroom had not taken the trouble to wash himself, and was as dirty as before. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 heed heed NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 prayers prayer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 16 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 over over ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 though though SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 as as ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 dirty dirty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 before before ADV RB _ 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | the king | no heed | | | | to princess's tears and prayers; however *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heed=Asset | | 2 | **is** | past | many days | | | | before the wedding | | tree rules | | 3 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | | | | | with great splendour | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **not** **take** | past · perfect · passive | | the bridegroom | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme trouble=Destination | | 5 | **wash** | to-infinitive | | king | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | dirty *property* | tree rules | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/39/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/13/)