--- title: He was fond of his daughter, and though she had behaved badly, he di… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was fond of his daughter, and though she had behaved badly, he did not wish to cut HER head off, and he did not want people to know the truth because it would make him look foolish. Who acts: king, daughter, people, truth. 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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, daughter, people, truth), 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:pg3282:33:186 # text = He was fond of his daughter, and though she had behaved badly, he did not wish to cut HER head off, and he did not want people to know the truth because it would make him look foolish. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 behaved behave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 13 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 HER her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 off off ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | king | | | | | of king's daughter; fond *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **behave** | past · perfect | daughter | | | | | badly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **wish** | past · do-support | king | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **cut off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | daughter's head | | | | off *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | king | people | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | the truth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus | | 7 | **make** | would | truth | king | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **look** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | foolish *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | 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 185](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/185/) - next →: [sentence 187](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/187/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)