--- title: Then he rejoiced that she was of the same mind as he had been, and g… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he rejoiced that she was of the same mind as he had been, and going forward he opened the cupboard, and fetched the two children and Trusty John out, saying: “God be praised! Who acts: king, Queen. 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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, Queen), 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:pg503:41:117 # text = Then he rejoiced that she was of the same mind as he had been, and going forward he opened the cupboard, and fetched the two children and Trusty John out, saying: “God be praised! 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 18 forward forward ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 Trusty Trusty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 praised praise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | past | king | | | | then | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Queen | | | | | of the same mind | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | past · perfect | king | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **open** | past | king | the cupboard | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cupboard=Theme | | 6 | **fetch out** | past | king *not said here* | the two children and Trusty John | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: express* | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **praise** *in a quote* | infinitive · passive | | God | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/116/) - next →: [sentence 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/118/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)