--- title: His majesty did not much relish the operation, but he assented to th… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: His majesty did not much relish the operation, but he assented to the marvel of it, and the princess and Jack were united the same day, and lived for many years in happiness and prosperity. Who acts: majesty, marvel. 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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 (majesty, marvel), 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:pg14241:34:2 # text = His majesty did not much relish the operation, but he assented to the marvel of it, and the princess and Jack were united the same day, and lived for many years in happiness and prosperity. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 6 relish relish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 operation operation NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 assented assent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 marvel marvel NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 united unite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relish** | past · do-support | king's majesty | much | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **assent** | past | majesty | | | | | to the marvel of marvel | tree rules | | 3 | **unite** | past · passive | | the princess and Jack | | | day | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **live** | past | majesty *not said here* | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **marvel** | | marvel | | | | | | nom marvel «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:** «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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/3/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/34/)