--- title: So he ordered the princess to be brought before him, and the young m… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he ordered the princess to be brought before him, and the young man also, and when they entered the throne room he was so pleased with the noble air of the victor that his wrath quite melted away, and he ran to him and embraced him. Who acts: king, people. 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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, people), 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:pg3282:25:54 # text = So he ordered the princess to be brought before him, and the young man also, and when they entered the throne room he was so pleased with the noble air of the victor that his wrath quite melted away, and he ran to him and embraced him. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 9 before before ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 16 also also ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 air air 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 victor victor NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 quite quite ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 melted melt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | past | king | the young man | the princess | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive · passive | king *not said here* | | | | before king | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: before he=Destination | | 3 | **enter** | past | people | the throne room | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | king | | | | | with the noble air of the victor; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **melt away** | participle · passive | | king's wrath | | | | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 6 | **run** | past | king | | anger | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 7 | **embrace** | past | king *not said here* | king | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/55/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/25/)