--- title: The King retorted that her opposition filled him with despair, but t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King retorted that her opposition filled him with despair, but that he hoped to carry her to a place where all around would respect her, and where every pleasure would surround her. Who acts: King, opposition, pleasure, Princess. 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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, opposition, pleasure, Princess), 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:pg640:20:12 # text = The King retorted that her opposition filled him with despair, but that he hoped to carry her to a place where all around would respect her, and where every pleasure would surround her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 retorted retort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 opposition opposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 23 all all ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 around around ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 respect respect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 surround surround VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retort** *speech: other* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **fill** | past | Princess's opposition | King | | | | with despair | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with despair=Instrument | | 3 | **hope** | past | opposition | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **carry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | opposition *not said here* | Princess | | a place | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to place=Destination | | 5 | **respect** | would | | Princess | | | | around *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **surround** | would | every pleasure | Princess | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme | | 7 | **oppose** | | Princess | | | | | | nom opposition «act transitive»: poss=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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/13/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)