--- title: She would have avoided him, but the king, having caught a sight of h… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: She would have avoided him, but the king, having caught a sight of her, approached, and what with her beauty and sweet voice, fell desperately in love with her, and soon induced her to marry him. Who acts: third, 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 (third, 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:pg7439:49:30 # text = She would have avoided him, but the king, having caught a sight of her, approached, and what with her beauty and sweet voice, fell desperately in love with her, and soon induced her to marry him. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 avoided avoid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 aux _ _ 12 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 obl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 29 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 30 desperately desperately ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 induced induce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avoid** | would · perfect | third | prince | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent he=Location | | 2 | **catch** | gerund · perfect | the king *not said here* | a sight of third | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 3 | **approach** | past | the king | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall** | past | | | | love | | with third's beauty and sweet voice; with third; desperately *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 5 | **induce** | past | the king *not said here* | third | | | | soon *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 6 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | prince | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **sight** | | | third | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/31/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)