--- title: These words much displeased the king, who felt that, in breaking off… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: These words much displeased the king, who felt that, in breaking off the marriage already arranged he would almost certainly be bringing on his subjects a long and bloody war; so, without answering, he turned away, hoping that a few days might bring his son to reason. 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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 (words, king, Tulip, few days), 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:pg3027:22:85 # text = These words much displeased the king, who felt that, in breaking off the marriage already arranged he would almost certainly be bringing on his subjects a long and bloody war; so, without answering, he turned away, hoping that a few days might bring his son to reason. 1 These this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 displeased displease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 in in SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 breaking break VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 14 off off ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 already already ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 arranged arrange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 almost almost ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 24 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 29 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 32 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 without without SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 hoping hope VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 to to ADP TO _ 53 case _ _ 53 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **displease** | past | this words | the king | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 2 | **feel** | past | the king | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **break off** | gerund | the king *not said here* | the marriage | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer marriage=Patient | | 4 | **arrange** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | would · progressive | Tulip | | | Tulip's subjects a long war | | certainly *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on subject=Destination | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | Tulip *not said here* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **turn away** | past | Tulip | | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hope** | gerund | Tulip *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **bring** | might | a few days | Tulip's son | | reason | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme to reason=Destination | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/86/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/)