--- title: The king was so bowed down with sorrow that he would not attend even… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king was so bowed down with sorrow that he would not attend even to the business of the kingdom, and at last his Prime Minister had to tell him that the people were complaining that they had nobody to right their wrongs. Who acts: king, last Prime Minister, people. 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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, last Prime Minister, people), 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:pg2435:22:92 # text = The king was so bowed down with sorrow that he would not attend even to the business of the kingdom, and at last his Prime Minister had to tell him that the people were complaining that they had nobody to right their wrongs. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 14 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 27 compound _ _ 27 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 complaining complain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 ccomp _ _ 40 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 right right VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 wrongs wrong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow down** | past · passive | | the king | | | | with sorrow | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **not** **attend** | would | king | the business of the kingdom | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme business=Goal | | 3 | **have** | past | king's last Prime Minister | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | king's last Prime Minister *not said here* | | Minister | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **complain** *speech: other* | past · progressive | the people | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past | people | nobody | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Patient | | 7 | **right** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | people's wrongs | | | | | 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/93/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/22/)