--- title: For a long time the King went sorrowing for his wife, for he had lov… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For a long time the King went sorrowing for his wife, for he had loved her exceedingly; but at last he grew tired of living alone, and married a Queen who was a widow, and she also had a daughter, who was just as ill-favoured and wicked as the other was good and beautiful. 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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 (King, Queen, daughter), 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:pg540:29:3 # text = For a long time the King went sorrowing for his wife, for he had loved her exceedingly; but at last he grew tired of living alone, and married a Queen who was a widow, and she also had a daughter, who was just as ill-favoured and wicked as the other was good and beautiful. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 sorrowing sorrow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 xcomp _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 exceedingly exceedingly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 obl _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 of of SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 28 alone alone ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 also also ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 48 just just ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 49 as as ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 50 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 favoured favour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 conj _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 obl _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 59 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 parataxis _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the King | | | | time | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sorrow** | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | for King's wife | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **love** | past · perfect | King | wife | | | | exceedingly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **grow** | past | King | | | last | | tired *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at last=Location | | 5 | **live** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **marry** | past | King *not said here* | a Queen | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | past | a Queen | a widow | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **favour** | past · passive | | a daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** | past | a daughter | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | | a daughter *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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/4/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/)