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title: The ambassador set off sadly on his homeward way, bringing all the K… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The ambassador set off sadly on his homeward way, bringing all the King’s presents back with him, for the Princess was too well brought up to accept the pearls and diamonds when she would not accept the King, so she had only kept twenty-five English pins that he might not be vexed. Who acts: ambassa
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, sentence 11

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The ambassador set off sadly on his homeward way, bringing all the King’s presents back with him, for the Princess was too well brought up to accept the pearls and diamonds when she would not accept the King, so she had only kept twenty-five English pins that he might not be vexed.

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**Who acts:** ambassador, princess · **What happens:** set off, bring, bring up, accept, not accept, keep · **To what, where:** homeward way, presents, Princess, pearls, King, five English pins

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ambassador, princess), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:28:11
# text = The ambassador set off sadly on his homeward way, bringing all the King’s presents back with him, for the Princess was too well brought up to accept the pearls and diamonds when she would not accept the King, so she had only kept twenty-five English pins that he might not be vexed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ambassador	ambassador	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	homeward	homeward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	’s	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
21	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
25	too	too	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	27	advmod	_	_
27	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
28	up	up	ADP	RP	_	27	compound:prt	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	advcl	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obj	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	conj	_	_
35	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	39	mark	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
37	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	39	advmod	_	_
39	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	advcl	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	so	so	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
44	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
45	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	only	only	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	conj	_	_
48	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	50	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	52	nummod	_	_
51	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	pins	pin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	_
53	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
55	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
56	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	58	advmod	_	_
57	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	58	aux:pass	_	_
58	vexed	vex	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set off** | past | the ambassador |  |  | ambassador's homeward way |  | sadly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | gerund | the ambassador *not said here* | the King's presents |  |  |  | with ambassador | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent present=Theme |
| 3 | **bring up** | past · passive |  | the Princess |  |  |  | well *property* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **accept** | to-infinitive |  | the pearls and diamonds |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **accept** | would | princess | the King |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
| 6 | **keep** | past · perfect | princess | five English pins |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Theme |
| 7 | **not** **vex** | might · passive |  | king |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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.

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**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.

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