--- title: His sons and daughters, who had been very uneasy at his long absence… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: His sons and daughters, who had been very uneasy at his long absence, rushed to meet him, eager to know the result of his journey, which, seeing him mounted upon a splendid horse and wrapped in a rich mantle, they supposed to be favorable. Who acts: sons, journey, sun. 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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 (sons, journey, sun), 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:pg503:14:92 # text = His sons and daughters, who had been very uneasy at his long absence, rushed to meet him, eager to know the result of his journey, which, seeing him mounted upon a splendid horse and wrapped in a rich mantle, they supposed to be favorable. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 result result NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 acl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 xcomp _ _ 35 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:agent _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 wrapped wrap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 supposed suppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 50 favorable favorable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | sun's sons and daughters | | | sun's long absence | | uneasy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rush** | participle | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | sun | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **know** | to-infinitive | sun's sons and daughters *not said here* | the result of sun's journey | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer result=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | gerund | sun's journey | sun | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **mount** | participle | sun *not said here* | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **wrap** | participle | sun *not said here* | | | a rich mantle | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in mantle=Destination | | 8 | **suppose** | past | sun's sons and daughters | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | sun's sons and daughters *not said here* | | | | | favorable *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **absent** | | sun | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **result** | | | sun's journey | | | | | nom result «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **journey** | | sun | | | | | | nom journey «act 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 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/93/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/14/)