--- title: He wept bitter tears at the news, for he loved the prince dearly; bu… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He wept bitter tears at the news, for he loved the prince dearly; but he felt that perhaps the young man had done wisely, and he trusted to time and Becasigue's influence to bring the wanderer home. Who acts: king, young man. 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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, young man), 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:pg3027:23:81 # text = He wept bitter tears at the news, for he loved the prince dearly; but he felt that perhaps the young man had done wisely, and he trusted to time and Becasigue's influence to bring the wanderer home. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bitter bitter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 dearly dearly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 26 wisely wisely ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 trusted trust VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 Becasigue Becasigue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 influence influence NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 wanderer wanderer NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 home home ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | king | bitter tears | | the news | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tear=Theme | | 2 | **love** | past | king | the prince | | | | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | | 3 | **feel** | past | king | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | the young man | | | | | perhaps, wisely *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **trust** | past | king | | | | time | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the wanderer | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent wanderer=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 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)