--- title: One of the royal invitations was brought to the Palace by the sea, a… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: One of the royal invitations was brought to the Palace by the sea, and the servants carried it up to the old lord who still sat by his window, wrapped in his long white hair and weeping into the little river that was fed by his tears. Who acts: sea, servants, old lord. 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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 (sea, servants, old lord), 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:pg14241:20:93 # text = One of the royal invitations was brought to the Palace by the sea, and the servants carried it up to the old lord who still sat by his window, wrapped in his long white hair and weeping into the little river that was fed by his tears. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 invitations invitation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 still still ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 35 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 conj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · passive | the sea | One of the royal invitations | the Palace | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to palace=Destination | | 2 | **carry up** | past | the servants | sea | the old lord | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to lord=Destination | | 3 | **sit** | past | the old lord | | | | still | by lord's window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location | | 4 | **wrap** | participle | the old lord *not said here* | | | lord's long white hair | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in hair=Destination | | 5 | **weep** | gerund | the old lord *not said here* | | | the little river | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into river=Recipient | | 6 | **feed** | past · passive | | the little river | | | | by lord's tears | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/94/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/20/)