--- title: The more difficulties that were put in his way the stronger grew his… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The more difficulties that were put in his way the stronger grew his desire, and in the end the king published a proclamation that whoever found the Bird of Truth should bring her to him without delay. Who acts: stronger, king, whoever, Bird. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Ope --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/106/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/) / 106 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 33, sentence 106 The more difficulties that were put in his way the stronger grew his desire, and in the end the king published a proclamation that whoever found the Bird of Truth should bring her to him without delay. **Who acts:** stronger, king, whoever, Bird · **What happens:** put, grow, publish, find, bring, desire · **To what, where:** more difficulties, way, desire, proclamation, end, news · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stronger, king, whoever, Bird), 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:pg3027:33:106 # text = The more difficulties that were put in his way the stronger grew his desire, and in the end the king published a proclamation that whoever found the Bird of Truth should bring her to him without delay. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 3 difficulties difficulty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 nsubj _ _ 12 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 published publish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 proclamation proclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 26 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Truth Truth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 37 without without ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · passive | | the more difficulties | | king's way | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in way=Destination | | 2 | **grow** | past | the stronger | king's desire | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location desire=Theme | | 3 | **publish** | past | the king | a proclamation | | | in the end | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proclamation=Result | | 4 | **find** | past | whoever | a proclamation | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Attribute clause=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | should | the Bird of Truth | news | king | | | without delay | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=Destination | | 6 | **desire** | | king | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/107/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/33/)