--- title: Then Dullhead asked once more for his bride, but the King felt vexed… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Dullhead asked once more for his bride, but the King felt vexed at the idea of a stupid fellow whom people called ‘Dullhead’ carrying off his daughter, and he began to make fresh conditions. Who acts: Dullhead, King, stupid fellow. 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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 (Dullhead, King, stupid fellow), 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:pg540:48:56 # text = Then Dullhead asked once more for his bride, but the King felt vexed at the idea of a stupid fellow whom people called ‘Dullhead’ carrying off his daughter, and he began to make fresh conditions. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Dullhead Dullhead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 advmod _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 24 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Dullhead Dullhead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 28 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Dullhead | | | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feel** | past | the King | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **vex** | participle | the King *not said here* | | | the idea of a stupid fellow | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **call** | participle | | people *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **carry off** | gerund | a stupid fellow | Dullhead's daughter | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 6 | **begin** | past | Dullhead | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | Dullhead *not said here* | fresh conditions | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset condition=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/57/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Goose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/48/)