--- title: After that Prince Sigurd rode back to fetch Helga, and a great feast… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After that Prince Sigurd rode back to fetch Helga, and a great feast was made which lasted three days; and every one said no bride was ever seen so beautiful as Helga, and they lived happily for many, many years, and everybody loved them. Who acts: Sigurd, one, adventures, everybody. 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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 (Sigurd, one, adventures, everybody), 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:pg2435:34:21 # text = After that Prince Sigurd rode back to fetch Helga, and a great feast was made which lasted three days; and every one said no bride was ever seen so beautiful as Helga, and they lived happily for many, many years, and everybody loved them. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:desc _ _ 4 Sigurd Sigurd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 lasted last VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 19 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 24 det _ _ 24 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 29 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 30 advmod _ _ 30 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 ccomp _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Helga Helga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 happily happily ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 41 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 48 nsubj _ _ 48 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 49 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride back** | past | Sigurd Prince | | | | after that | | tree rules | | 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | Sigurd Prince *not said here* | Helga | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helga=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past · passive | | a great feast | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **last** | past | | | | | day | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | every one | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** | past · passive | | no bride | | | ever | beautiful *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **live** | past | adventures *= adventure* | | | | year | happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **love** | past | everybody | adventures *= adventure* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/22/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/)