--- title: You can easily imagine how delighted he was when he heard the news,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You can easily imagine how delighted he was when he heard the news, and how angry it made all the other kings to lose for ever the hope of marrying the Princess; but, after all, Bellissima could not have married twenty kings--indeed, she had found it quite difficult enough to choose one, for her van --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/111/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/) / 111 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 111 You can easily imagine how delighted he was when he heard the news, and how angry it made all the other kings to lose for ever the hope of marrying the Princess; but, after all, Bellissima could not have married twenty kings--indeed, she had found it quite difficult enough to choose one, for her vanity made her believe that there was nobody in the world who was worthy of her. **Who acts:** You, King, news, hope, Bellissima, vanity · **What happens:** imagine, be, hear, make, lose, marry · **To what, where:** news, other kings, Princess, Bellissima, one · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, King, news, hope), 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:pg503:5:111 # text = You can easily imagine how delighted he was when he heard the news, and how angry it made all the other kings to lose for ever the hope of marrying the Princess; but, after all, Bellissima could not have married twenty kings--indeed, she had found it quite difficult enough to choose one, for her vanity made her believe that there was nobody in the world who was worthy of her. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 easily easily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 17 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 29 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 marrying marry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 29 acl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux _ _ 44 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 45 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 46 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 conj _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 quite quite ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 xcomp _ _ 56 enough enough ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 advcl _ _ 59 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 for for SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 vanity vanity NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 65 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 xcomp _ _ 67 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 68 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 69 expl _ _ 69 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 ccomp _ _ 70 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 69 nsubj _ _ 71 in in ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ _ 74 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 76 nsubj _ _ 75 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 cop _ _ 76 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 acl:relcl _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | can | You | | | | | easily *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** | past | King | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **hear** | past | King | the news | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | past | news | all other kings | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material king=Product | | 5 | **lose** | to-infinitive | news *not said here* | | | | | for the hope | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **marry** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 7 | **not** **marry** | could · perfect · passive | | all Bellissima | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **find** | past · perfect | Bellissima | news | | | | difficult *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 9 | **choose** | to-infinitive | Bellissima *not said here* | one | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 10 | **make** | past | Princess's vanity | Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **believe** | infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 12 | **be** | past | nobody | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 13 | **is** | past | | | | | | of Princess; worthy *property* | tree rules | 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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/110/) - next →: [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/1/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)