--- title: Rosald was much grieved when he heard these words, but he knew that… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Rosald was much grieved when he heard these words, but he knew that it was useless attempting to persuade Geirald, and turned his thoughts to forming some plan to prevent this disgraceful flight. Who acts: Rosald, company. 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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 (Rosald, company), 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:pg3282:13:18 # text = Rosald was much grieved when he heard these words, but he knew that it was useless attempting to persuade Geirald, and turned his thoughts to forming some plan to prevent this disgraceful flight. 1 Rosald Rosald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 18 attempting attempt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 Geirald Geirald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 thoughts thought NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 27 to to SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 forming form VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 disgraceful disgraceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past · passive | | Rosald | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | past | Rosald | this words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past | Rosald | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | company | | | | | useless *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **attempt** | gerund | company *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **persuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | company *not said here* | Geirald | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent geirald=Patient | | 7 | **turn** | past | Rosald *not said here* | Rosald's thoughts | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent thought=Theme | | 8 | **form** | gerund | Rosald *not said here* | some plan | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plan=Theme | | 9 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | Rosald *not said here* | this disgraceful flight | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer flight=Theme | | 10 | **think** | | Rosald | | | | | | nom thought «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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/19/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/)