--- title: The old king became at last so distressed at all these dreadful circ… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: The old king became at last so distressed at all these dreadful circumstances, that for a whole day every year he and his soldiers knelt and prayed that the princess might become good; but she continued as wicked as ever. Who acts: old king, king, princess. 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C. Andersen, The Travelling Companion, part 2. 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, princess), 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:pg27200:197:33 # text = The old king became at last so distressed at all these dreadful circumstances, that for a whole day every year he and his soldiers knelt and prayed that the princess might become good; but she continued as wicked as ever. 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 4 nsubj _ _ 4 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 distressed distress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 11 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 12 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 circumstances circumstance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 appos _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:unmarked _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 26 knelt kneel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 39 as as ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the old king | | | last | | | tree rules | | 2 | **distress** | participle | the old king *not said here* | | | all dreadful circumstances | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **kneel** | past | king | a whole day every year *not said here* | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent day=Topic | | 4 | **pray** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **become** | might | the princess | | | | | good *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **continue** | past | princess | | | | | wicked *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/34/) - ↑ back to [The Travelling Companion, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/197/)