--- title: The King mourned, but he did not think that the Queen had done the w… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King mourned, but he did not think that the Queen had done the wicked deed, and as he was afraid the maiden would also be taken from him, he wanted to take her with him. Who acts: King, Queen. 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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, Queen), 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:pg640:4:27 # text = The King mourned, but he did not think that the Queen had done the wicked deed, and as he was afraid the maiden would also be taken from him, he wanted to take her with him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 mourned mourn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 deed deed NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 also also ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 ccomp _ _ 30 from from ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mourn** | past | the King | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | king | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect | the Queen | the wicked deed | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality | | 4 | **is** | past | king | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | would · passive | | the maiden | | | | from king | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from he=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **want** | past | king | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | queen | | | with king | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/28/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/)