--- title: A mist of sadness clouded the king’s mind, and he said to his son: “… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A mist of sadness clouded the king’s mind, and he said to his son: “If this thing is so, I will in the first place send a courier with friendly letters to King Quimus, and will ask the hand of his daughter for you. Who acts: mist, King, thing. 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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 (mist, King, thing), 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:pg3282:1:83 # text = A mist of sadness clouded the king’s mind, and he said to his son: “If this thing is so, I will in the first place send a courier with friendly letters to King Quimus, and will ask the hand of his daughter for you. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 mist mist NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 clouded cloud VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 If if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 30 amod _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 31 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 courier courier NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 Quimus Quimus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cloud** | past | a mist of sadness | the king's mind | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | King's son | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to son=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | this thing | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **send** *in a quote* | future | | a courier | King | the first place | | with friendly letters | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent courier=Theme in place=Destination | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | future | | the hand of King's daughter | | | | for King's son *= son* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Recipient | | 6 | **mist** | | | sadness | | | | | nom mist «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **mind** | | the king | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/84/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/1/)