--- title: When Pretty Goldilocks heard what had happened she threw herself at… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Pretty Goldilocks heard what had happened she threw herself at the King’s feet and begged him to set Charming free, but the more she cried, the more angry he was, and at last she saw that it was useless to say any more; but it made her very sad. 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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 (Pretty Goldilocks, Goldilocks, Charming, king), 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:pg503:28:185 # text = When Pretty Goldilocks heard what had happened she threw herself at the King’s feet and begged him to set Charming free, but the more she cried, the more angry he was, and at last she saw that it was useless to say any more; but it made her very sad. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 Pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Goldilocks Goldilocks PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 32 advmod _ _ 32 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 useless useless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 ccomp _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 csubj _ _ 47 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 48 det _ _ 48 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 very very ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | Pretty Goldilocks | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | past | Goldilocks | Goldilocks | | the King's feet | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme at foot=Destination | | 4 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Goldilocks *not said here* | | king | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 5 | **set** | to-infinitive | Goldilocks *not said here* | Charming | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient charming=Result | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Charming | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **be** | past | king | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | past | Charming | | | last | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | past | it | | | | | useless *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic | | 11 | **make** | past | foot | Charming | | | | sad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product | 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 184](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/184/) - next →: [sentence 186](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/186/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)