--- title: The King listened to the end of the old woman’s strange request, but… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King listened to the end of the old woman’s strange request, but every moment his face grew blacker, and his features sterner; till all at once he thought to himself, ‘Is it worth while that I, the King, should be angry with this poor old fool?’ Who acts: King, moment, I, old woman. 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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, moment, I, old woman), 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:pg640:33:104 # text = The King listened to the end of the old woman’s strange request, but every moment his face grew blacker, and his features sterner; till all at once he thought to himself, ‘Is it worth while that I, the King, should be angry with this poor old fool?’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 listened listen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 blacker black ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 features feature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sterner stern ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 till till SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 all all ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 expl _ _ 40 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 ccomp _ _ 41 while while SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obj _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 48 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 50 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 parataxis _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 nsubj _ _ 53 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ? ? PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | past | the King | | | | to the end of the old woman's strange request | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to end=Theme | | 2 | **grow** | past | every moment | | | | | black *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | King | | King | | | once *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | should | I | | | | | with poor old fool; angry *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **request** | | the old woman | | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **feature** | | King | | | | | | nom feature «cognition 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/105/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)