--- title: Shortly after this decree was published, news of it reached the ears… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Shortly after this decree was published, news of it reached the ears of the nobleman's sons, and the two clever ones determined to have a trial, but they were sadly at a loss to prevent their idiot brother from going with them. Who acts: news, sons. 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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 (news, sons), 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:pg14241:33:107 # text = Shortly after this decree was published, news of it reached the ears of the nobleman's sons, and the two clever ones determined to have a trial, but they were sadly at a loss to prevent their idiot brother from going with them. 1 Shortly shortly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 after after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 published publish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ _ 11 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 nobleman nobleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 23 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 25 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 idiot idiot NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 from from SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **publish** | past · passive | | this decree | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 2 | **reach** | past | news of decease | the ears of the nobleman's sons | | | | the two clever ones *obl* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 3 | **determine** | participle | | the two clever ones *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **have** | to-infinitive | | a trial | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | sons *= son* | | | a loss | | sadly *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | news of decease *not said here* | sons's idiot brother | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer brother=Theme | | 7 | **go** | gerund | news of decease *not said here* | | | | | with sons *= son* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/108/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/)