--- title: Then Trusty John was quite delighted, and brought her to the ship; a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then Trusty John was quite delighted, and brought her to the ship; and the King, when he beheld her, saw that she was even more beautiful than her picture, and thought every moment that his heart would burst. Who acts: Trusty, king, master, heart. 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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 (Trusty, king, master, heart), 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:pg503:41:51 # text = Then Trusty John was quite delighted, and brought her to the ship; and the King, when he beheld her, saw that she was even more beautiful than her picture, and thought every moment that his heart would burst. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 Trusty Trusty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ _ 30 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 31 than than ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 37 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 38 det _ _ 38 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Trusty | | | | then | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past | Trusty *not said here* | | master | | | to the ship | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 3 | **behold** | past | king | master | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | past | the King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | master | | | | | than master's picture; beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **burst** | would | king's heart | every moment *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location moment=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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/52/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)