--- title: In spite of himself, the king's face twisted itself into an angry fr… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In spite of himself, the king's face twisted itself into an angry frown; for, above all things else in the world, he prized the Golden Fleece, and was even suspected of having done a very wicked act, in order to get it into his own possession. Who acts: face, 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 (face, 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:pg976:28:12 # text = In spite of himself, the king's face twisted itself into an angry frown; for, above all things else in the world, he prized the Golden Fleece, and was even suspected of having done a very wicked act, in order to get it into his own possession. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 twisted twist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 frown frown NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 above above ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 22 else else ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 prized prize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Fleece Fleece PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 suspected suspect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 aux _ _ 39 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 xcomp _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 very very ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 46 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 fixed _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **twist** | past | the king's face | face | | spite of Colchis | | into a angry frown; for all things in the world | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent itself=Theme in spite=Source into frown=Trajectory | | 2 | **prize** | past | king | the Golden Fleece | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fleece=Stimulus | | 3 | **suspect** | past · passive | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: clause=Theme | | 4 | **do** | gerund · perfect | | a wicked act | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Eventuality | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | | Fleece | | king's own possession | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **spite** | | | Colchis | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **possess** | | king | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: 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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/13/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Fleece., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/28/)