--- title: King Grumpy went out to meet her, but when he saw her, with a skin l… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: King Grumpy went out to meet her, but when he saw her, with a skin like a tortoise’s, her thick eyebrows meeting above her large nose, and her mouth from ear to ear, he could not help crying out: Who acts: King, thick eyebrows. 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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, thick eyebrows), 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:pg540:35:8 # text = King Grumpy went out to meet her, but when he saw her, with a skin like a tortoise’s, her thick eyebrows meeting above her large nose, and her mouth from ear to ear, he could not help crying out: 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 Grumpy Grumpy PROPN NNP _ 1 flat _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 like like ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 eyebrows eyebrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 26 meeting meet VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 above above ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 44 crying cry VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 xcomp _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | King | Stalk's mouth from ear | | | | to ear; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | Stalk | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | King | Stalk | | | | with a skin and a tortoise and Stalk's thick eyebrows | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **meet** | gerund | Stalk's thick eyebrows *not said here* | | | Stalk's large nose | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **help** | could | King | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **cry out** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/9/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)