--- title: When he told them what he had done they shouted for joy, and carried… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he told them what he had done they shouted for joy, and carried him back in triumph to the palace; and the king declared that as the youth had shown himself worthy to become his son-in-law, he should marry the princess and succeed to the throne at once, as he himself was getting old, and the ca --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/) / 22 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8, sentence 22 When he told them what he had done they shouted for joy, and carried him back in triumph to the palace; and the king declared that as the youth had shown himself worthy to become his son-in-law, he should marry the princess and succeed to the throne at once, as he himself was getting old, and the cares of government were too much for him. **Who acts:** youth, lads, king, cares, government · **What happens:** tell, do, shout, carry back, declare, show · **To what, where:** lads, youth, triumph, that, son, princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youth, lads, king, cares), 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:pg2435:8:22 # text = When he told them what he had done they shouted for joy, and carried him back in triumph to the palace; and the king declared that as the youth had shown himself worthy to become his son-in-law, he should marry the princess and succeed to the throne at once, as he himself was getting old, and the cares of government were too much for him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 back back ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 28 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 obj _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 xcomp _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 58 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 59 nmod:unmarked _ _ 61 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 63 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 cares care NOUN NNS Number=Plur 72 nsubj _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nmod _ _ 70 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 72 cop _ _ 71 too too ADV RB _ 72 advmod _ _ 72 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 73 for for ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 74 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | youth | | lads *= lad* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past · perfect | youth | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | lads *= lad* | | | | | for joy | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient | | 4 | **carry back** | past | lads *= lad* *not said here* | youth | | triumph | | to the palace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the king | that | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | | 6 | **show** | past · perfect · passive | | the youth | | | | worthy *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient himself=Topic | | 7 | **become** | to-infinitive | | youth's son in law | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **marry** | should | youth | the princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 9 | **succeed** | infinitive | youth *not said here* | | | | | to the throne | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **get** | past · progressive | youth | | | | | old *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is** | past | the cares of government | | | | | for youth; much *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **care** | | government | | | | | | nom care «act 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: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/23/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/8/)