--- title: But when he got home to the King’s palace one of his brothers was ju… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when he got home to the King’s palace one of his brothers was just going to be married, and the bride and all her kith and kin had come to the palace; so they all thronged round him, and questioned him about this and that, and wanted him to go in with them; but he behaved as if he did not see th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/) / 29 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 2, sentence 29 But when he got home to the King’s palace one of his brothers was just going to be married, and the bride and all her kith and kin had come to the palace; so they all thronged round him, and questioned him about this and that, and wanted him to go in with them; but he behaved as if he did not see them, and went straight to the stable, and got out the horses and began to harness them. **Who acts:** giant, one, bride, horses · **What happens:** get, go, marry, come, throng, question · **To what, where:** palace, giant, horses, stable This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (giant, one, bride, horses), 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:pg503:18:29 # text = But when he got home to the King’s palace one of his brothers was just going to be married, and the bride and all her kith and kin had come to the palace; so they all thronged round him, and questioned him about this and that, and wanted him to go in with them; but he behaved as if he did not see them, and went straight to the stable, and got out the horses and began to harness them. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 advcl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 kith kith NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 kin kin NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 40 thronged throng VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 round round ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 questioned question VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 xcomp _ _ 57 in in ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 but but CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 behaved behave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 64 as as SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 65 if if SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 advcl _ _ 70 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 73 cc _ _ 73 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 74 straight straight ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 80 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 conj _ _ 81 out out ADP RP _ 80 compound:prt _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 80 obj _ _ 84 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 85 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 conj _ _ 86 to to PART TO _ 87 mark _ _ 87 harness harness VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 85 xcomp _ _ 88 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 87 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | giant | | | | | to the King's palace *result*; home *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | one of giant's brothers | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | one of giant's brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **come** | past · perfect | the bride and bride's kith and kin | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **throng** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | | round giant | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **question** *speech: other* | past | horses *= horse* *not said here* | | giant | | | about this | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about this=Topic | | 7 | **want** | past | horses *= horse* *not said here* | giant | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | | | | | with horses *= horse* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary | | 9 | **behave** | past | giant | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | giant | horses *= horse* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 11 | **go** | past | | | | the stable | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stable=Initial\_Location | | 12 | **get out** | past | | the horses | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 14 | **harness** | to-infinitive | | horses *= horse* | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/30/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)