--- title: When they reached their own country they were received with every si… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they reached their own country they were received with every sign of joy, for the news of the prince’s safe return had spread like wildfire, and every town and village was decorated, whilst the inhabitants thronged to greet them with cries of joy and thankfulness. 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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 (they, news, inhabitants, 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:pg2435:35:1 # text = When they reached their own country they were received with every sign of joy, for the news of the prince’s safe return had spread like wildfire, and every town and village was decorated, whilst the inhabitants thronged to greet them with cries of joy and thankfulness. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 12 det _ _ 12 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’s 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 27 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 wildfire wildfire NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 decorated decorate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 whilst whilst SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 41 thronged throng VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 greet greet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 thankfulness thankfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | they | their own country | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent country=Theme | | 2 | **receive** | past · passive | | they | | | | with every sign of joy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **spread** | past · perfect | the news of the prince's safe return | | | | | like wildfire | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **decorate** | past · passive | | every town and village | | | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **throng** | past | the inhabitants | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **greet** *speech: greet* | to-infinitive | the inhabitants *not said here* | | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | | | with cries of joy and thankfulness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **sign** | | | joy | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **return** | | the prince | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **cry** | | joy and thankfulness | | | | | | nom cry «communication 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:** «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: [The Crimson Fairy Book, part…, 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/34/110/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/2/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/35/)