--- title: Then King Frost sprang to and fro in front of her, questioning her,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then King Frost sprang to and fro in front of her, questioning her, and getting only rude, rough words in reply, till at last he got very angry, and cracked his fingers, and gnashed his teeth, and froze her to death. Who acts: King Frost, frost. 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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 Frost, frost), 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:pg640:37:46 # text = Then King Frost sprang to and fro in front of her, questioning her, and getting only rude, rough words in reply, till at last he got very angry, and cracked his fingers, and gnashed his teeth, and froze her to death. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sprang spring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 4 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 questioning question VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 only only ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 till till ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 fingers finger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 gnashed gnash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 teeth tooth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 froze freeze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spring** | past | King Frost | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fro** | infinitive | King Frost *not said here* | | | front of fool | | | tree rules | | 3 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund | King Frost *not said here* | | fool | | | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **get** | gerund | King Frost *not said here* | rude rough words | | reply | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 5 | **get** | past | frost | last *not said here* | | | | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer last=Stimulus | | 6 | **crack** | past | King Frost *not said here* | frost's fingers | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location finger=Theme | | 7 | **gnash** | past | King Frost *not said here* | frost's teeth | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Patient | | 8 | **freeze** | past | | fool | | | | to death | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient she=Result | 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/pg640/37/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/47/) - ↑ back to [The Story of King Frost (26)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/37/)