--- title: When at length he found his voice he told his councillors that the w… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When at length he found his voice he told his councillors that the writing was indeed that of the queen, and now that he had the joy of knowing she was alive he could, of course, proceed no further with his second marriage. Who acts: king, writing, joy, queen. 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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 (king, writing, joy, queen), 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:pg3027:28:81 # text = When at length he found his voice he told his councillors that the writing was indeed that of the queen, and now that he had the joy of knowing she was alive he could, of course, proceed no further with his second marriage. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 councillors councillor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 iobj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 ccomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 40 advmod _ _ 38 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 40 proceed proceed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 41 no no ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 further far ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 45 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 46 amod _ _ 46 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | king | king's voice | | length | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent voice=Theme at length=Asset | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | king | | king's councillors | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent councillor=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | the writing | that | | | | of the queen; indeed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | king | the joy | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Patient | | 5 | **know** | gerund | the joy *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | could · past | queen | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **proceed** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | with king's second marriage; far *property* | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **marry** | | king | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=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 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/)