--- title: As I valued it more than my kingdom, you may imagine how vexed I was… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As I valued it more than my kingdom, you may imagine how vexed I was at losing it, and I vowed to never listen to any proposal of marriage unless the ambassador first brought me back my ring. Who acts: I, you, ambassador, marriage. 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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 (I, you, ambassador, marriage), 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:pg503:28:81 # text = As I valued it more than my kingdom, you may imagine how vexed I was at losing it, and I vowed to never listen to any proposal of marriage unless the ambassador first brought me back my ring. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 valued value VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 14 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 listen listen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 29 det _ _ 29 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ambassador ambassador NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 36 advmod _ _ 36 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **value** | past | I | ring | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 2 | **imagine** | may | you | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **vex** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **lose** | past · progressive | I | ring | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 5 | **vow** | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **listen** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | to any proposal of marriage | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to proposal=Theme | | 7 | **bring back** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the ambassador | my ring | me | | | first *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination ring=Theme | | 8 | **propose** | | marriage | | | | | | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: of=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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/82/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)