--- title: The King was grieved at the thought of losing all his faithful serva… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King was grieved at the thought of losing all his faithful servants for the sake of one man, and he wished heartily that he had never set eyes on him, or that he could get rid of him. Who acts: thought, King. 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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 (thought, 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:pg503:42:79 # text = The King was grieved at the thought of losing all his faithful servants for the sake of one man, and he wished heartily that he had never set eyes on him, or that he could get rid of him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 acl _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 12 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ _ 30 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 39 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past · passive | | the King | | the thought | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **lose** | gerund | the thought *not said here* | King's faithful servants | | | | for the sake of one man | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Eventuality | | 3 | **wish** | past | King | | | | | heartily *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **not** **set** | past · perfect · passive | | King | | | | on man | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme eye=Destination | | 5 | **get** | could | King | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/80/) - ↑ back to [The Brave Little Tailor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/42/)