--- title: The old King was much grieved when they brought him the news of his… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old King was much grieved when they brought him the news of his son’s disappearance, but as he could do nothing to free him from his fate, he gave himself up to an old age of grief and loneliness, cherishing at the same time the hope that some lucky chance might one day deliver the youth out of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/46/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/) / 46 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Glass Mountain(16), part 4, sentence 46 The old King was much grieved when they brought him the news of his son’s disappearance, but as he could do nothing to free him from his fate, he gave himself up to an old age of grief and loneliness, cherishing at the same time the hope that some lucky chance might one day deliver the youth out of the hands of his enemy. **Who acts:** King, girth, hope, son · **What happens:** grieve, bring, do, give up, cherish, deliver · **To what, where:** old King, news, girth, nothing, old age, youth This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Glass Mountain(16), part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, girth, hope, 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:pg640:25:46 # text = The old King was much grieved when they brought him the news of his son’s disappearance, but as he could do nothing to free him from his fate, he gave himself up to an old age of grief and loneliness, cherishing at the same time the hope that some lucky chance might one day deliver the youth out of the hands of his enemy. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ’s 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 24 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 loneliness loneliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 cherishing cherish VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 nsubj _ _ 53 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 55 det _ _ 54 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 56 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 57 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 58 nummod _ _ 58 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl:unmarked _ _ 59 deliver deliver VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 62 out out ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past · passive | | the old King | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **bring** | past | King | the news of girth's son's disappearance | girth | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination news=Theme | | 3 | **do** | could | girth | nothing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | | 4 | **give up** | past | girth | girth | a old age of grief and loneliness | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Theme to age=Recipient | | 5 | **cherish** | gerund | girth *not said here* | | | | time | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **deliver** | might | the hope | the youth | | the hands of girth's enemy | day | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent youth=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **disappear** | | girth's son | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **fate** | | girth | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/47/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)