--- title: This news terrified him so much that he determined never to let his… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This news terrified him so much that he determined never to let his daughter be married, for he thought it was better to have no grandson at all than to be killed by his grandson. Who acts: news, king, daughter, grandson. 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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 (news, king, daughter, grandson), 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:pg503:27:3 # text = This news terrified him so much that he determined never to let his daughter be married, for he thought it was better to have no grandson at all than to be killed by his grandson. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 terrified terrify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 expl _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 ccomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 csubj _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 grandson grandson NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 obl _ _ 30 than than SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 grandson grandson NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **terrify** | past | this news | king | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 2 | **determine** | past | king | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **let** | to-infinitive | this news *not said here* | king's daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **marry** | infinitive · passive | king's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | king | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | to-infinitive | | no grandson | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandson=Patient | | 8 | **kill** | to-infinitive · passive | king's grandson | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/4/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)