--- title: On hearing this the King was at first very angry, and then he wept a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: On hearing this the King was at first very angry, and then he wept and sighed, and declared that such a husband was not worthy of his daughter; but the young Princess was not to be turned from her resolution to marry the gardener’s son. Who acts: King, husband, princess. 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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, husband, princess), 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:pg503:2:23 # text = On hearing this the King was at first very angry, and then he wept and sighed, and declared that such a husband was not worthy of his daughter; but the young Princess was not to be turned from her resolution to marry the gardener’s son. 1 On on SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 obl _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 22 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 24 det:predet _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 ccomp _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 resolution resolution NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | the King *not said here* | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **weep** | past | king | | | | then | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sigh** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **is** | past | such husband | | | | | of king's daughter; worthy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **turn** | past · passive | | the young Princess | | princess's resolution | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme from resolution=Trajectory | | 8 | **marry** | to-infinitive | | the gardener's son | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 9 | **resolve** | | princess | | | | | | nom resolution «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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/24/) - ↑ back to [The Bronze Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/2/)