--- title: The next day the governor despatched the princess and her bridegroom… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the governor despatched the princess and her bridegroom to the king, with a troop of horsemen, splendidly dressed, and he sent a mounted messenger on before them, with a letter giving the account of the marriage to the king. Who acts: governor, king, letter. 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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 (governor, king, letter), 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:pg3282:33:182 # text = The next day the governor despatched the princess and her bridegroom to the king, with a troop of horsemen, splendidly dressed, and he sent a mounted messenger on before them, with a letter giving the account of the marriage to the king. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 despatched despatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 horsemen horseman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 splendidly splendidly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 before before ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 38 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despatch** | past | the governor | the princess and princess's bridegroom to the king | | | day | with a troop of horsemen | tree rules | | 2 | **dress** | participle | | horsemen *not said here* | | | | splendidly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **send** | past | king | a mounted messenger | | | | on governors *= governor*; with a letter | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 4 | **mount** | participle | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | gerund | a letter *not said here* | the account of the marriage | the king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent account=Theme to king=Recipient | | 6 | **account** | | | the marriage | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=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 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 181](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/181/) - next →: [sentence 183](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/183/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)