--- title: The king was frightened indeed, and thought she was raving, but in o… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king was frightened indeed, and thought she was raving, but in order to please her, he said, ‘Well, of these three things I shall choose the last; if you die, I shall lay you at once in a plain wooden chest, and have it set in the church, and every night I shall place a sentinel beside it. 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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 (Princess, tuft, I, you), 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:pg5615:6:105 # text = The king was frightened indeed, and thought she was raving, but in order to please her, he said, ‘Well, of these three things I shall choose the last; if you die, I shall lay you at once in a plain wooden chest, and have it set in the church, and every night I shall place a sentinel beside it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 raving rave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 14 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 17 mark _ _ 15 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 fixed _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Well well INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 42 obl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 xcomp _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 61 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 62 det _ _ 62 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nsubj _ _ 63 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 66 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 sentinel sentinel NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 appos _ _ 68 beside beside ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past · passive | | the king | | | | indeed *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **rave** *speech: other* | past · progressive | Princess | | | | | of this three things | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **please** | to-infinitive | tuft *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tuft | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **choose** | shall | I | the last | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent last=Theme | | 7 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **lay** | shall | I | you | | a plain wooden chest | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme at once=Destination | | 9 | **have** | infinitive | I *not said here* | Chest | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **set** | participle | Chest *not said here* | | | the church | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in church=Destination | | 11 | **place** | shall | every night | | | | | | tree rules | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/106/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/)