--- title: When the day appointed by the King had come, there was such a host o… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the day appointed by the King had come, there was such a host of knights and princes under the glass hill that they seemed to swarm, and everyone who could walk or even creep was there too, to see who won the King’s daughter. Who acts: host, princes, everyone. 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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 (host, princes, everyone), 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:pg503:48:50 # text = When the day appointed by the King had come, there was such a host of knights and princes under the glass hill that they seemed to swarm, and everyone who could walk or even creep was there too, to see who won the King’s daughter. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 15 det:predet _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 knights knight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 under under ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 swarm swarm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 31 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 39 nsubj _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 even even ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 creep creep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 40 too too ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | participle | | the day *not said here* | | | | by the King | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **be** | past | such host of knights under the glass hill and princes | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **seem** | past | princes *= prince* | the glass hill | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **swarm** | to-infinitive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | | vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **walk** | could | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **creep** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | everyone | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **win** | past | | the King's daughter | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/51/) - ↑ back to [The Princess on the Glass Hill](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/48/)