--- title: Thus it happened the next day, and the next, but on the fourth meeti… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thus it happened the next day, and the next, but on the fourth meeting, instead of meeting the raven, in his place the king’s son found waiting for him the handsomest youth that ever was seen, with a bundle in his hand. Who acts: it, son, place. 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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 (it, son, place), 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:pg3454:28:42 # text = Thus it happened the next day, and the next, but on the fourth meeting, instead of meeting the raven, in his place the king’s son found waiting for him the handsomest youth that ever was seen, with a bundle in his hand. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 20 mark _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 meeting meet VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 parataxis _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 raven raven NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 xcomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 handsomest handsome ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 41 advmod _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | day | thus *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **meet** | gerund | | the raven | | raven's place | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raven=Co-Agent | | 3 | **find** | past | the king's son | raven's place *not said here* | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent place=Attribute clause=Theme | | 4 | **wait** | gerund | raven's place *not said here* | the handsomest youth | | | | for son | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past · passive | | the handsomest youth | | | ever | | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/43/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/28/)