--- title: The king longed so much to get a sight of his daughter, and the quee… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king longed so much to get a sight of his daughter, and the queen no less than he, but she knew that it was not like other children, for it could speak immediately after it was born, and was as wise as older folk. Who acts: king, queen, sight. 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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, queen, sight), 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:pg5615:6:91 # text = The king longed so much to get a sight of his daughter, and the queen no less than he, but she knew that it was not like other children, for it could speak immediately after it was born, and was as wise as older folk. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 no no ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 19 than than ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 29 like like ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 37 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 after after SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 49 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **long** | past | the king | much | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | | a sight of child's daughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | past | queen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | sight | | | | | like other children | tree rules | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | could | sight | | | | | immediately *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **bear** | past · passive | | sight | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | as older folk; wise *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **sight** | | | child's daughter | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/92/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/)