--- title: The King, who had hoped to join the unknown Princess and find out wh… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, who had hoped to join the unknown Princess and find out who she was, was dreadfully disappointed when she disappeared so suddenly, and gave orders that if she ever came again the doors were to be shut that she might not get away so easily. Who acts: King, Princess, doors. 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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, Princess, doors), 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:pg503:31:74 # text = The King, who had hoped to join the unknown Princess and find out who she was, was dreadfully disappointed when she disappeared so suddenly, and gave orders that if she ever came again the doors were to be shut that she might not get away so easily. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 hoped hope VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 unknown unknown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 dreadfully dreadfully ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 30 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 if if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 35 advmod _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 36 again again ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 42 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 parataxis _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 45 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 47 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 48 away away ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 easily easily ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | past · perfect | the King | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | the unknown Princess | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 3 | **find out** | infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent who=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | disappointed, dreadfully *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **disappear** | past | Princess | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | | orders | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 7 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Princess | | | | ever; again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | the doors | | | | | shut *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **get away** | might | Princess | | | | | away, easily *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/75/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)