--- title: He confided to her that he had travelled all the way from his own co… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He confided to her that he had travelled all the way from his own country for her sake, having fallen in love with the accounts he had heard of her beauty, and he then and there asked her to be his wife. Who acts: Ring. 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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 (Ring), 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:pg3282:30:46 # text = He confided to her that he had travelled all the way from his own country for her sake, having fallen in love with the accounts he had heard of her beauty, and he then and there asked her to be his wife. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 confided confide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 aux _ _ 21 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 accounts account NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 conj _ _ 39 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confide** *speech: other* | past | Ring | | Signy | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 2 | **travell** | past · perfect | Ring | all way | | Ring's own country | | for Signy's sake | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | gerund · perfect | Ring *not said here* | | | love | | with the accounts | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 4 | **hear** | past · perfect | Ring | the accounts *not said here* | | | | of Signy's beauty | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer account=Stimulus | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ring | | Signy | | then | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Ring's wife | | | | | tree rules | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/47/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/30/)