--- title: Now when this wicked King heard of the happiness of the Jolly King,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now when this wicked King heard of the happiness of the Jolly King, he was so jealous that he collected a great army and set out to fight him, and the news of his approach was soon brought to the King and Queen. Who acts: wicked King, head. 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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 (wicked King, head), 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:pg540:22:7 # text = Now when this wicked King heard of the happiness of the Jolly King, he was so jealous that he collected a great army and set out to fight him, and the news of his approach was soon brought to the King and Queen. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Jolly Jolly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 approach approach NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 40 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | wicked King | | | | now | of the happiness of the Jolly King | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of happiness=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | head | | | | | jealous *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **collect** | past | head | a great army | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Theme | | 4 | **set out** | infinitive | head *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **fight** | to-infinitive | head *not said here* | head | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **bring** | past · passive | | the news of head's approach | the King and Queen | | | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to king=Destination | | 7 | **approach** | | head | | | | | | nom approach «act intransitive»: 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 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/8/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)