--- title: When the next day came, however, the bridegroom’s father informed th… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the next day came, however, the bridegroom’s father informed the princess that, by the law of the land, the marriage must take place in the presence of the king; but he hoped his majesty would not long delay his arrival. Who acts: next day, father, marriage, majesty. 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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 (next day, father, marriage, majesty), 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:pg3282:23:97 # text = When the next day came, however, the bridegroom’s father informed the princess that, by the law of the land, the marriage must take place in the presence of the king; but he hoped his majesty would not long delay his arrival. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 however however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 29 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 45 advmod _ _ 45 delay delay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the next day | | | | | however *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the bridegroom's father | | the princess | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient | | 3 | **take** | must | the marriage | the princess | | the presence of the king | | by the law of the land | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument that=Theme place=Destination | | 4 | **hope** | past | marriage | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **delay** | would | marriage's majesty | marriage's arrival | | | | long *property* | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent arrival=Source | | 6 | **arrive** | | marriage | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/98/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/23/)