--- title: But the die was cast, and his vanity whispered that he was as fine l… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the die was cast, and his vanity whispered that he was as fine looking a young man as the proudest king might wish his son to be, and that, moreover, what had happened had happened. Who acts: vanity, Tailor, proudest 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 (vanity, Tailor, proudest 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:pg2435:34:75 # text = But the die was cast, and his vanity whispered that he was as fine looking a young man as the proudest king might wish his son to be, and that, moreover, what had happened had happened. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 die die NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 proudest proud ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cast** | past · passive | | the die | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | Tailor's vanity | that | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** | past · progressive | Tailor | a young man | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Attribute | | 4 | **wish** | might | the proudest king | Tailor's son | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot son=Theme | | 5 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | moreover *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/76/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/)