--- title: They began to talk, and the soldier told them that the king was very… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They began to talk, and the soldier told them that the king was very sorry for the way he had treated his daughter, and wished day and night that he could have her back again. Who acts: Hans, soldier, king, man. 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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 (Hans, soldier, king, man), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg3027:2595`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3027:39:123 # text = They began to talk, and the soldier told them that the king was very sorry for the way he had treated his daughter, and wished day and night that he could have her back again. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 again again ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Hans *= han* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **talk** | to-infinitive | Hans *= han* *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the soldier | | Hans *= han* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | the king | | | | | for the way; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **treat** | past · perfect | king | the way *not said here* | man's daughter | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient | | 6 | **wish** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | day | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **have** | could | man | daughter | | | again | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/122/) - next →: [sentence 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/124/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/39/)