--- title: In fact, the more he considered the matter, the more he felt that he… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In fact, the more he considered the matter, the more he felt that he would be wise to put a good face on it, and to let people suppose that he had really brought about the marriage of his own free will. Who acts: king, people. A sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Wh --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/187/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Brown Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/) / [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronge…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/) / 187 # The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 187 In fact, the more he considered the matter, the more he felt that he would be wise to put a good face on it, and to let people suppose that he had really brought about the marriage of his own free will. **Who acts:** king, people · **What happens:** consider, feel, be, put, let, suppose · **To what, where:** matter, fact, good face, face, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (king, people), 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:pg3282:33:187 # text = In fact, the more he considered the matter, the more he felt that he would be wise to put a good face on it, and to let people suppose that he had really brought about the marriage of his own free will. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 considered consider VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 cop _ _ 19 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 csubj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 really really ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 ccomp _ _ 38 about about ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 43 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consider** | past | king | the matter | | fact | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent matter=Attribute | | 2 | **feel** | past | king | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | would | king | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | to-infinitive | | a good face | | face | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme on it=Destination | | 5 | **let** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | people | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **suppose** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **bring** | past · perfect | king | | | | | about the marriage | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=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 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/186/) - next →: [sentence 188](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/188/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)