--- title: The King, as he had had no dinner, was very hungry and wanted his su… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, as he had had no dinner, was very hungry and wanted his supper early, but when he asked for it, lo and behold it was all gone, and he had to go to bed half-starved and in a terrible temper. Who acts: Frisk, King, supper. 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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 (Frisk, King, supper), 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:pg540:11:243 # text = The King, as he had had no dinner, was very hungry and wanted his supper early, but when he asked for it, lo and behold it was all gone, and he had to go to bed half-starved and in a terrible temper. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 very very ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 21 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 27 lo lo INTJ UH _ 33 aux _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 behold behold INTJ UH _ 27 conj _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 all all ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 44 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 starved starve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past · perfect | Frisk | no dinner | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **want** | past | the King *not said here* | Frisk's supper | | | | early *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot supper=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Frisk | | | | | for supper | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | | supper | | | | | all, gone *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | Frisk | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | Frisk *not said here* | | | bed | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **starve** | participle | Frisk *not said here* | | | | | | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 242](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/242/) - next →: [sentence 244](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/244/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)