--- title: After having for some time carried on the business of a messenger, a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After having for some time carried on the business of a messenger, and gained thereby great wealth, he went home to his father, where it was impossible to express the joy they were all in at his return. Who acts: King, army. 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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, army), 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:pg503:33:137 # text = After having for some time carried on the business of a messenger, and gained thereby great wealth, he went home to his father, where it was impossible to express the joy they were all in at his return. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 gained gain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 home home ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 expl _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 express express VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 csubj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 all all ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 in in ADV RB _ 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **carry** | participle | | some time *not said here* | | the business of a messenger | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **gain** | past | King *not said here* | great wealth | | | | thereby *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme | | 4 | **go** | past | King | | | | | to King's father; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | past | King *not said here* | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **express** | to-infinitive | | the joy | | King's return | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | army | the joy *not said here* | | | | all, in *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **return** | | King | | | | | | nom return «communication intransitive»: 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/138/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)