--- title: One day his queen presented him with a baby daughter as beautiful as… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day his queen presented him with a baby daughter as beautiful as the dawn, and the king himself was so happy and delighted that, for a whole week, he forgot to hunt, and spent the time in public and private rejoicing. Who acts: queen, king. 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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 (queen, king), 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:pg3282:33:5 # text = One day his queen presented him with a baby daughter as beautiful as the dawn, and the king himself was so happy and delighted that, for a whole week, he forgot to hunt, and spent the time in public and private rejoicing. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 as as ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 19 nmod:unmarked _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 46 rejoicing rejoicing NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past | king's queen | | king | | day | with a baby daughter | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with daughter=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the king king | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the king king *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **forget** | past | king | | | | week | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **hunt** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **spend** | past | king's queen *not said here* | | | public rejoicing | time | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/6/) - ↑ back to [Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/33/)