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title: King Grumpy, who cared a great deal more for his own grandeur than f… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 1, sentence 7

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King Grumpy, who cared a great deal more for his own grandeur than for his son’s happiness, wished to betroth the Prince to the daughter of a neighbouring King, whose great estates joined his own, for he thought that this alliance would make him more powerful than ever, and as for the Princess she would do very well for Prince Curlicue, for she was as ugly as himself.

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**Who acts:** King, great estates, alliance · **What happens:** care, wish, betroth, neighbour, join, think · **To what, where:** great deal, happiness, Prince, daughter, King, own · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Branch, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, great estates, alliance), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:34:7
# text = King Grumpy, who cared a great deal more for his own grandeur than for his son’s happiness, wished to betroth the Prince to the daughter of a neighbouring King, whose great estates joined his own, for he thought that this alliance would make him more powerful than ever, and as for the Princess she would do very well for Prince Curlicue, for she was as ugly as himself.
1	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Grumpy	Grumpy	PROPN	NNP	_	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	grandeur	grandeur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	’s	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	wished	wish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	betroth	betroth	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	nmod	_	_
31	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	30	acl	_	_
32	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	36	nmod:poss	_	_
35	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	estates	estate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
37	joined	join	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	48	mark	_	_
45	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	46	det	_	_
46	alliance	alliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nsubj	_	_
47	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	ccomp	_	_
49	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	51	advmod	_	_
51	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	xcomp	_	_
52	than	than	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
56	as	as	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	for	for	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
60	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
61	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	conj	_	_
63	very	very	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
64	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	62	advmod	_	_
65	for	for	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
66	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
67	Curlicue	Curlicue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
69	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	73	mark	_	_
70	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
71	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	73	cop	_	_
72	as	as	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
73	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	conj	_	_
74	as	as	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	73	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **care** | past | King | a great deal |  |  |  | for King's own grandeur than King's son's happiness | tree rules |
| 2 | **wish** | participle |  | King's son's happiness *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **betroth** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the Prince | the daughter of a |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to daughter=Recipient |
| 4 | **neighbour** | gerund |  | King |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **join** | past | great estates | King's own |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent own=Patient |
| 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | King |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 7 | **make** | would | this alliance | King |  |  |  | powerful *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
| 8 | **do** | would | alliance |  |  |  |  | as the Princess; for Prince; well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is** | past | alliance |  |  |  |  | as prince; ugly *property* | tree rules |

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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.

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**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.

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