--- title: When he failed to find her he flew into a terrible rage, and hastene… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he failed to find her he flew into a terrible rage, and hastened home to consult his books, by which means he discovered that it was his son who had deprived him of this precious treasure. Who acts: King, rage, son. 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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, rage, son), 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:pg640:20:56 # text = When he failed to find her he flew into a terrible rage, and hastened home to consult his books, by which means he discovered that it was his son who had deprived him of this precious treasure. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 16 home home ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 ccomp _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 deprived deprive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 38 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | King | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **find** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | Princess | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 3 | **fly** | past | King | | | | | into a terrible rage *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result | | 4 | **hasten** | participle | King *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **consult** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | King's books | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme | | 6 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **discover** | past | King | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is a** | past | rage | King's son | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **deprive** | past · perfect | King's son | King | | | | of this precious treasure | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Source of treasure=Theme | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/57/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)