--- title: But, one day, people told each other that the King was travelling th… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But, one day, people told each other that the King was travelling through the land, and in the town near by was to give a great ball, to all the lords and ladies of the country, when the Prince, his only son, was to choose a wife. Who acts: people, King, Prince. 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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 (people, King, Prince), 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:pg14241:20:92 # text = But, one day, people told each other that the King was travelling through the land, and in the town near by was to give a great ball, to all the lords and ladies of the country, when the Prince, his only son, was to choose a wife. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 7 obj _ _ 9 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 fixed _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 23 near near ADP IN _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 23 fixed _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 iobj _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 42 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | people | each | | | day | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Recipient | | 2 | **travel** | past · progressive | the King | | | the land | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through land=Trajectory | | 3 | **give** | past | people *not said here* | a great ball | all lords and ladies of the country | the town | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient ball=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | the Prince | | | | | choose *property* | tree rules | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/93/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)