--- title: The king often lost his patience, and was determined to see his daug… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king often lost his patience, and was determined to see his daughter, but the queen always put him off the idea, and so things went on, until the very day before the princess completed her fourteenth year. Who acts: king, queen, things, day. 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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, things, day), 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:pg5615:6:94 # text = The king often lost his patience, and was determined to see his daughter, but the queen always put him off the idea, and so things went on, until the very day before the princess completed her fourteenth year. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 determined determined ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 20 advmod _ _ 20 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 off off ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 on on ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 until until SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 completed complete VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fourteenth fourteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | the king | warning's patience | | | | often *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | determined *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | warning's daughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | | 4 | **put** | past | the queen | | warning | | | off the idea; always *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 5 | **go on** | past | things | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **complete** | past | the day before the princess | | | | year | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/95/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/)