--- title: She soon breathed again and came to herself; but the young King had… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She soon breathed again and came to herself; but the young King had watched the proceeding, and not knowing why Trusty John had acted as he did, he flew into a passion, and cried: “Throw him into prison.” Who acts: wedding, young King, Trusty. 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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 (wedding, young King, Trusty), 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:pg503:41:94 # text = She soon breathed again and came to herself; but the young King had watched the proceeding, and not knowing why Trusty John had acted as he did, he flew into a passion, and cried: “Throw him into prison.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 3 breathed breathe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 watched watch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 proceeding proceeding NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 22 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 Trusty Trusty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 acted act VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 passion passion NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Throw throw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **breathe** | past | wedding | | | | again | soon *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | wedding *not said here* | | wedding | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to herself=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **watch** | past · perfect | the young King | the proceeding | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proceeding=Theme | | 4 | **not** **know** | gerund | the young King *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **act** | past · perfect | Trusty | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | past | Trusty | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fly** | past | Trusty | | | | | into a passion *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into passion=Result | | 8 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | wedding *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **throw** *in a quote* | infinitive | | Trusty | | | | into prison *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into prison=Result | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/95/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)