--- title: There was great joy and gladness between them all that night, but th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was great joy and gladness between them all that night, but the next day, when the wedding was to take place, the Prince said, “I must see what my bride can do.” Who acts: next day, Prince, bride. 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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 (next day, Prince, bride), 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:pg503:4:137 # text = There was great joy and gladness between them all that night, but the next day, when the wedding was to take place, the Prince said, “I must see what my bride can do.” 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 gladness gladness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 between between ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 38 obj _ _ 35 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ” " PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the next day | | | | | when *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the next day *not said here* | | | | | take *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | must | the Prince *= prince* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | can | my bride | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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/pg503/4/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/138/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)