--- title: Then the gold was brought up, and the wedding was celebrated, but th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the gold was brought up, and the wedding was celebrated, but the young King, though he loved his wife dearly, and though he was very happy, still kept on saying: “If I could only shudder! if I could only shudder!” Who acts: 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 (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:pg503:13:181 # text = Then the gold was brought up, and the wedding was celebrated, but the young King, though he loved his wife dearly, and though he was very happy, still kept on saying: “If I could only shudder! if I could only shudder!” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 though though SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 dearly dearly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 though though SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 very very ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 still still ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 35 on on SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 If if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 nsubj _ _ 42 only only ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 shudder shudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ! ! PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 45 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 only only ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 shudder shudder NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring up** | past · passive | | the gold | | | then | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | the wedding | | | | the young King *obl* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **love** | past | King | King's wife | | | | dearly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | King | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **keep** | participle | King *not said here* | | | | still | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **shudder** *in a quote* | could | | | | | | | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 180](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/180/) - next →: [sentence 182](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/182/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)