--- title: One evening, when the couriers arrived (for the King sent most caref… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One evening, when the couriers arrived (for the King sent most carefully for news--and they always brought the very best kinds), it was announced that the sister of the Princess Miranda was going to be married to a great Prince, and that nothing could be more splendid than all the preparations for t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/60/) [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 Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/) / 60 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2, sentence 60 One evening, when the couriers arrived (for the King sent most carefully for news--and they always brought the very best kinds), it was announced that the sister of the Princess Miranda was going to be married to a great Prince, and that nothing could be more splendid than all the preparations for the wedding. **Who acts:** couriers, King, sister, nothing · **What happens:** arrive, send, bring, announce, go, marry · **To what, where:** best kinds, kind · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, 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 (couriers, King, sister, nothing), 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:pg503:31:60 # text = One evening, when the couriers arrived (for the King sent most carefully for news--and they always brought the very best kinds), it was announced that the sister of the Princess Miranda was going to be married to a great Prince, and that nothing could be more splendid than all the preparations for the wedding. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 couriers courier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 14 advmod _ _ 14 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 21 advmod _ _ 21 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 very very ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 amod _ _ 25 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 Miranda Miranda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 xcomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 54 nsubj _ _ 51 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 53 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 54 advmod _ _ 54 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 55 than than ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 58 det:predet _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obl _ _ 59 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | the couriers | | | | evening | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **send** | past | the King | | | | | for news; carefully *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring** | past | couriers *= courier* | the best kinds | | | | always *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent kind=Theme | | 4 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · passive | | kind | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | the sister of the Princess Miranda | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | the sister of the Princess Miranda *not said here* | | | | | to a great Prince | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: to prince=Co-Patient | | 7 | **is** | could | nothing | | | | | than all preparations for the wedding; splendid *property* | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/61/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)