--- title: The years passed on, and by-and-by another council was held, and it… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The years passed on, and by-and-by another council was held, and it was agreed that the king's sons were now of an age to take the power which rightly belonged to them. Who acts: years, sons, power. 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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 (years, sons, power), 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:pg3027:15:54 # text = The years passed on, and by-and-by another council was held, and it was agreed that the king's sons were now of an age to take the power which rightly belonged to them. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 7 by by SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 13 det _ _ 13 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 27 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 xcomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 rightly rightly ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass on** | participle | the years | | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hold** | past · passive | | another council | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | | council | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **is** *not said to happen* | past | the king's sons | | | | of a age; now | | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | | the power | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Theme | | 6 | **belong** | past | the power | | sons *= son* | | | rightly *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/55/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/15/)