--- title: The old king was furious when he found that all his arts had failed;… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old king was furious when he found that all his arts had failed; that his son still lived and that he would have to give up the crown to him now he was married, for that was the law of the land. Who acts: old king, king, arts, son. 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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 (old king, king, arts, son), 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:pg2435:2:41 # text = The old king was furious when he found that all his arts had failed; that his son still lived and that he would have to give up the crown to him now he was married, for that was the law of the land. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 furious furious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 still still ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the old king | | | | | furious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **find** | past | king | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **fail** | past · perfect | king's arts | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **live** | past | king's son | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** | would | son | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give up** | to-infinitive | | the crown | king | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent crown=Theme to he=Recipient | | 7 | **marry** | past · passive | | king | | | now | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **is** | past | that | | | | | for the law; of the land | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/42/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/2/)