--- title: King Grumpy was so convinced that Prince Curlicue would soon get tir… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: King Grumpy was so convinced that Prince Curlicue would soon get tired of being in prison, and so consent to marry the Princess Cabbage-Stalk, that he sent ambassadors to her father proposing that she should come and be married to his son, who would make her perfectly happy. 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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, Curlicue, prince, father), 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:pg540:34:22 # text = King Grumpy was so convinced that Prince Curlicue would soon get tired of being in prison, and so consent to marry the Princess Cabbage-Stalk, that he sent ambassadors to her father proposing that she should come and be married to his son, who would make her perfectly happy. 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Grumpy Grumpy PROPN NNP _ 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 convinced convinced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Curlicue Curlicue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 11 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 12 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 consent consent VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 25 Cabbage cabbage NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 Stalk stalk NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 32 ambassadors ambassador NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 proposing propose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | King | | | | | convinced *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | would | Curlicue Prince | | | | | soon, tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of prison | tree rules | | 4 | **consent** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **marry** | to-infinitive | | the Princess Cabbage Stalk | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stalk=Patient | | 6 | **send** | past | prince | ambassadors | Curlicue's father | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ambassador=Theme to father=Destination | | 7 | **propose** | gerund | Curlicue's father *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **come** | should | Curlicue | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **marry** | infinitive · passive | Curlicue *not said here* | | | | | to prince's son | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to son=Co-Patient | | 10 | **make** | would | prince's son | Curlicue | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/23/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/)