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title: That troubled him a good deal, but he never worried over what he cou… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: That troubled him a good deal, but he never worried over what he could not help, so he got down from his horse, slipped his arm through the bridle, and led the animal along the rough path in hopes of discovering some shepherd’s hut, or, at least, a cave or shelter under some rock, where he might pas
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# The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 16

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That troubled him a good deal, but he never worried over what he could not help, so he got down from his horse, slipped his arm through the bridle, and led the animal along the rough path in hopes of discovering some shepherd’s hut, or, at least, a cave or shelter under some rock, where he might pass the night.

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**Who acts:** That, king, hopes · **What happens:** trouble, not worry, not help, get down, slip, lead · **To what, where:** king, arm, bridle, animal, rough path, hut

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This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (That, king, hopes), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3282:33:16
# text = That troubled him a good deal, but he never worried over what he could not help, so he got down from his horse, slipped his arm through the bridle, and led the animal along the rough path in hopes of discovering some shepherd’s hut, or, at least, a cave or shelter under some rock, where he might pass the night.
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	troubled	trouble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	worried	worry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
22	down	down	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	conj	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	through	through	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	bridle	bridle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	along	along	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	hopes	hope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	nmod	_	_
44	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
45	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	43	acl	_	_
46	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	47	det	_	_
47	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	’s	's	PART	POS	_	47	case	_	_
49	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
51	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
53	at	at	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	57	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
58	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	_
60	under	under	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
61	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	62	det	_	_
62	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	67	advmod	_	_
65	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
66	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
67	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	acl:relcl	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trouble** | past | That | king |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer deal=Result |
| 2 | **not** **worry** | past | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **help** | could | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **get down** | past | king |  |  |  |  | from king's horse; down *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **slip** | past | king *not said here* | king's arm |  | the bridle |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |
| 6 | **lead** | past | That *not said here* | the animal |  | the rough path in hopes |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent animal=Theme along path=Destination |
| 7 | **discover** | gerund | hopes *not said here* | some shepherd's hut |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hut=Topic |
| 8 | **pass** | might | king |  |  |  | night |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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