--- title: The old king was naturally disappointed at his son's choice of a wif… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old king was naturally disappointed at his son's choice of a wife, as he wished him to marry a neighbouring princess; but as from his birth the prince had always done exactly as he like, nothing was said and a splendid wedding feast was got ready. Who acts: old king, 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 (old king, 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:pg3027:12:82 # text = The old king was naturally disappointed at his son's choice of a wife, as he wished him to marry a neighbouring princess; but as from his birth the prince had always done exactly as he like, nothing was said and a splendid wedding feast was got ready. 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 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 naturally naturally ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 24 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 27 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 35 advmod _ _ 35 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 36 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 like like INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 51 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the old king | | | king's son's choice of a wife | | disappointed, naturally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wish** | past | king | son | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | a neighbouring princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 4 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | the prince | | king's birth | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | king | | | | exactly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 7 | **get** | past · passive | | a splendid wedding feast | | | | ready *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/83/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/)