--- title: When Rosette received the letter she was so delighted that she ran a… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Rosette received the letter she was so delighted that she ran about telling everyone that the King of the Peacocks was found, and she was going to marry him. Who acts: Rosette. 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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 (Rosette), 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:pg540:11:106 # text = When Rosette received the letter she was so delighted that she ran about telling everyone that the King of the Peacocks was found, and she was going to marry him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 Rosette Rosette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 13 about about SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 iobj _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | past | Rosette | the letter | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | Rosette | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **run** | past | Rosette | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Rosette *not said here* | | everyone | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | | 5 | **find** | past · passive | | the King of the Peacocks | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **go** | past · progressive | Rosette | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **marry** | to-infinitive | Rosette *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/107/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)