--- title: The King became very angry, and said he would soon find out the trut… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King became very angry, and said he would soon find out the truth about it, and if Ring had cut off his hand without good cause he should be hanged; but if it was otherwise, then Red should die. Who acts: King, son, Ring, good cause. 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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, son, Ring, good cause), 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:pg640:42:150 # text = The King became very angry, and said he would soon find out the truth about it, and if Ring had cut off his hand without good cause he should be hanged; but if it was otherwise, then Red should die. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 about about ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 24 off off ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 without without ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 42 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the King | | | | | angry *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **find out** | would | son | the truth | | | | about truth; soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 4 | **cut off** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Ring | son's hand | | | | without good cause | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector hand=Eventuality | | 5 | **hange** | should · passive | good cause *not said here* | Ring | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | hand | | | | | otherwise *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **die** | should | Red | | | | then | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/151/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)