--- title: The king, much disgusted at this news, and not knowing what to do, r… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king, much disgusted at this news, and not knowing what to do, returned home and told his wife that, though he had ridden for miles, he had come across nothing but a hermit and a nun in a cell. Who acts: that, king. 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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 (that, king), 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:pg641:42:60 # text = The king, much disgusted at this news, and not knowing what to do, returned home and told his wife that, though he had ridden for miles, he had come across nothing but a hermit and a nun in a cell. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 much much ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 disgusted disgust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 12 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 15 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 returned returned VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 18 home home ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 iobj _ _ 23 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 though though SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 ridden ride VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 35 across across ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 34 obl _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 nun nun NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disgust** | participle | | the king *not said here* | | this news | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **know** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **returned** | infinitive | | | | | | home *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wife=Recipient | | 6 | **wife** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ride** | past · perfect | king | | | | | for miles | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come** | past · perfect | king | | | nothing | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across nothing=Initial\_Location | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/61/) - ↑ back to [The Prince Who Wanted to See the World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/42/)