--- title: But when the merry-making was done, and the young couple were alone,… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when the merry-making was done, and the young couple were alone, the head suddenly disappeared, or, rather, a body was added to it, and one of the handsomest young men that ever was seen stood before the princess. Who acts: merry making, young couple, handsomest young men. 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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 (merry making, young couple, handsomest young men), 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:pg3282:22:120 # text = But when the merry-making was done, and the young couple were alone, the head suddenly disappeared, or, rather, a body was added to it, and one of the handsomest young men that ever was seen stood before the princess. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 making making NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 done done ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 14 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl _ _ 15 alone alone ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 conj _ _ 19 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 rather rather ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 added add VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 handsomest handsome ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 38 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 advmod _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the merry making | | | | | one of the handsomest young men *obl*; done *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | the young couple and the head *not said here* | | | | | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **disappear** | past | the young couple and the head | | | | | suddenly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | a body | making | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to it=Co-Patient | | 5 | **see** | past · passive | | the handsomest young men | | | ever | | tree rules | | 6 | **stand** | participle | the handsomest young men *not said here* | | | | before the princess | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before princess=Location | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/121/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/22/)