--- title: The fact is, that the king had hoped to have got him killed in some… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fact is, that the king had hoped to have got him killed in some fight or another; but, seeing that, on the contrary, he throve on hard knocks, he was now determined to try more direct and desperate methods. Who acts: king, fact. 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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, fact), 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:pg3282:33:96 # text = The fact is, that the king had hoped to have got him killed in some fight or another; but, seeing that, on the contrary, he throve on hard knocks, he was now determined to try more direct and desperate methods. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 hoped hope VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 12 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 contrary contrary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 throve throve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 knocks knock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 39 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 43 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 desperate desperate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 46 methods method NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present · perfect | the king | the fact *not said here* | | | | hope *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive · perfect | the king *not said here* | king | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **kill** | past | the fact | | | some fight | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | gerund | king *not said here* | that | | the contrary | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 5 | **throve** | past | king | | | hard knocks | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | king | | | | now | determined *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **try** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | direct methods | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Eventuality | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/97/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)