--- title: The king was nearly beside himself with joy, for he had always longe… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king was nearly beside himself with joy, for he had always longed for a son to inherit his crown, and he sent messages to beg all the most powerful fairies to come and see this wonderful baby. Who acts: king. 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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), 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:pg3282:24:113 # text = The king was nearly beside himself with joy, for he had always longed for a son to inherit his crown, and he sent messages to beg all the most powerful fairies to come and see this wonderful baby. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 beside beside ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 14 advmod _ _ 14 longed long VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 inherit inherit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 messages message NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 32 advmod _ _ 32 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | beside king; with joy; nearly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **long** | past · perfect | king | the king *not said here* | | | | for a son; always *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **inherit** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | king's crown | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past | the king | messages | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | all powerful fairies | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient | | 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **see** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | this wonderful baby | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus | | 8 | **crown** | | king | | | | | | nom crown «communication 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 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/112/) - next →: [sentence 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/114/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)