--- title: The death of the queen so pleased the king, who was glad to get rid… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The death of the queen so pleased the king, who was glad to get rid of her so soon, that he gave the cobbler a hundred pounds to quit the Court with his lady, and take to a remote part of the kingdom, where he lived many years mending shoes, his wife spinning the thread for him. 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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, cobbler, many years, wife), 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:pg7439:49:61 # text = The death of the queen so pleased the king, who was glad to get rid of her so soon, that he gave the cobbler a hundred pounds to quit the Court with his lady, and take to a remote part of the kingdom, where he lived many years mending shoes, his wife spinning the thread for him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 16 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 cobbler cobbler NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 quit quit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 50 advmod _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 51 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl:unmarked _ _ 53 mending mend VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 54 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 58 spinning spin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 57 acl _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 thread thread NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 for for ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | rid, soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **give** | past | king | hundred pounds | the cobbler | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent cobbler=Recipient pound=Theme | | 4 | **quit** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the Court | | | | with cobbler's lady | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector court=Eventuality with lady=Subeventuality | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | | | | | to a remote part of the kingdom and cobbler's wife *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to part=Result | | 6 | **live** | past | cobbler | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **mend** | gerund | many years *not said here* | shoes | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **spin** | gerund | cobbler's wife *not said here* | the thread | | | | for cobbler | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent thread=Result for he=Beneficiary | | 9 | **die** | | the queen | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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:** «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 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/60/) - next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/62/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)