--- title: As to the wicked Dwarf, he preferred to see the Princess dead rather… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As to the wicked Dwarf, he preferred to see the Princess dead rather than married to the King of the Gold Mines; and the Fairy of the Desert, when she heard of the King’s adventures, pulled down the grand monument which she had built, and was so angry at the trick that had been played her that she h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/99/) [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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/) / 99 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 99 As to the wicked Dwarf, he preferred to see the Princess dead rather than married to the King of the Gold Mines; and the Fairy of the Desert, when she heard of the King’s adventures, pulled down the grand monument which she had built, and was so angry at the trick that had been played her that she hated him as much as she had loved him before. **Who acts:** power, Fairy, adventures, King · **What happens:** prefer, see, marry, hear, pull down, build · **To what, where:** dead, grand monument, trick, Princess, power This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (power, Fairy, adventures, 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:pg503:7:99 # text = As to the wicked Dwarf, he preferred to see the Princess dead rather than married to the King of the Gold Mines; and the Fairy of the Desert, when she heard of the King’s adventures, pulled down the grand monument which she had built, and was so angry at the trick that had been played her that she hated him as much as she had loved him before. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obj _ _ 14 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 16 cc _ _ 15 than than ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 Gold Gold PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Mines Mines PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’s 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 42 down down ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 nsubj _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 acl:relcl _ _ 61 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 62 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 hated hate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ _ 66 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 obj _ _ 67 as as ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 68 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 obj _ _ 69 as as SCONJ IN _ 72 mark _ _ 70 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 nsubj _ _ 71 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 68 advcl _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ _ 74 before before ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prefer** | past | power | | | | | as the wicked Dwarf | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | power *not said here* | the dead | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dead=Stimulus | | 3 | **marry** | participle | power *not said here* | | | | | to the King of the Gold Mines | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Patient | | 4 | **hear** | past | Fairy | | | | | of the King's adventures | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of adventure=Stimulus | | 5 | **pull down** | participle | the King's adventures *not said here* | the grand monument | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **build** | past · perfect · passive | | the grand monument | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | the trick | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **play** | past | the Fairy of the Desert | Princess | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 9 | **hate** | past | Fairy | power | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **love** | past · perfect | Fairy | power | | | | before *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 11 | **adventure** | | the King | | | | | | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/98/) - next →: [The Yellow Dwarf, part 4, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/8/1/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)