--- title: The news of their coming spread very soon, and the king rejoiced gre… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The news of their coming spread very soon, and the king rejoiced greatly that the handsome young prince had come back again, and commanded great feasts to be prepared, for in a few days his daughter should marry the king’s son. Who acts: news, handsome young prince, daughter. 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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, handsome young prince, daughter), 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:pg2435:37:94 # text = The news of their coming spread very soon, and the king rejoiced greatly that the handsome young prince had come back again, and commanded great feasts to be prepared, for in a few days his daughter should marry the king’s son. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:outer _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 feasts feast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | gerund · passive | the news *not said here* | thanks | | | | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **rejoice** | past | the news | | | | | greatly *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **come back** | past · perfect | the handsome young prince | | | | again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **command** | past | the news *not said here* | great feasts | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent feast=Eventuality | | 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | the news *not said here* | | | | | prepared *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** | should | prince's daughter | the king's son | | | day | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/95/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)