--- title: The first wet day after their marriage the bridegroom begged the bri… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The first wet day after their marriage the bridegroom begged the bride to show him all the rooms in the palace, and it was so big and took so long that the sun was shining brightly again before they stepped on to the roof to see the view. Who acts: bridegroom, palace, sun, balls. 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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 (bridegroom, palace, sun, balls), 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:pg3282:37:115 # text = The first wet day after their marriage the bridegroom begged the bride to show him all the rooms in the palace, and it was so big and took so long that the sun was shining brightly again before they stepped on to the roof to see the view. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 3 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 shining shine VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 37 brightly brightly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 again again ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 before before SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 42 on on ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the bridegroom | | the bride | | day | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent bride=Recipient | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | the bridegroom *not said here* | all rooms | bridegroom | the palace | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient room=Topic | | 3 | **is** | past | palace | | | | | big *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | past | the bridegroom *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shine** | past · progressive | the sun | | | | again | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **step on** | past | balls *= ball* | | | the roof | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to roof=Destination | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | balls *= ball* *not said here* | the view | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus | | 8 | **marry** | | balls *= ball* | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/116/) - ↑ back to [Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-Hearted, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/37/)