--- title: The King was sorry to have frightened her so much, and proposed that… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King was sorry to have frightened her so much, and proposed that they should go and hold a council as to what was best to be done to avert the misfortunes which Carabosse certainly meant to bring upon the little Princess. Who acts: King, misfortunes. 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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, misfortunes), 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:pg540:3:17 # text = The King was sorry to have frightened her so much, and proposed that they should go and hold a council as to what was best to be done to avert the misfortunes which Carabosse certainly meant to bring upon the little Princess. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 much much ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 26 case _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 19 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 avert avert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 35 Carabosse Carabosse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **frighten** | to-infinitive · perfect | the King *not said here* | Queen | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 3 | **propose** | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** | should | King | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **hold** | infinitive | King *not said here* | a council | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 8 | **avert** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the misfortunes | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **mean** | past | the misfortunes | | | | | certainly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **bring** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the misfortunes *not said here* | | | | | upon the little Princess | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/18/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/)