--- title: When the king’s anger was spent, and he was able to think what was b… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the king’s anger was spent, and he was able to think what was best to be done, he exchanged his baby, a beautiful boy, for the daughter of a peasant, and the prince lived roughly as the son of poor people, while the little girl slept in a golden cradle, under silken sheets. 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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 (anger, prince, 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:pg641:9:23 # text = When the king’s anger was spent, and he was able to think what was best to be done, he exchanged his baby, a beautiful boy, for the daughter of a peasant, and the prince lived roughly as the son of poor people, while the little girl slept in a golden cradle, under silken sheets. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 spent spend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 ccomp _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 exchanged exchange VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 peasant peasant NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 42 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 while while SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 parataxis _ _ 54 slept sleep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ _ 55 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 57 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 58 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 under under ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 sheets sheet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past · passive | | the king's anger | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 2 | **is** | past | anger | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | anger *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **exchange** | past | anger | anger's baby and a beautiful boy | | | | for the daughter of a peasant | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent baby=Theme for daughter=Co-Theme | | 7 | **live** | past | the prince | | | | | as the son of poor people; roughly *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sleep** | participle | | the little girl *not said here* | | a golden cradle | | under silken sheets | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cradle=Location | | 9 | **anger** | | the king | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/24/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Prince, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/9/)