--- title: More than once it happened that when the king was in a bad temper, h… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: More than once it happened that when the king was in a bad temper, he let it out on the poor queen, and said that here they were now, getting old, and neither they nor the kingdom had an heir, and it was all her fault. Who acts: it, king, story, heir. 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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 (it, king, story, heir), 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:pg5615:6:67 # text = More than once it happened that when the king was in a bad temper, he let it out on the poor queen, and said that here they were now, getting old, and neither they nor the kingdom had an heir, and it was all her fault. 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 advmod _ _ 2 than than SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 once once SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 out out ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 ccomp _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 34 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 neither neither ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 heir heir NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 51 det:predet _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the king | | | a bad temper | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let out** | past | story | temper | | | | on the poor queen | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme on queen=Asset | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | story *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **get** | past · progressive | king | | | | now | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **have** | past | king | a heir | | | | neither *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heir=Patient | | 7 | **is a** | past | heir | queen's fault | | | | | 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/68/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/)