--- title: The next day the same thing happened, and the next, so that for thre… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next day the same thing happened, and the next, so that for three days the King got nothing at all to eat, because just when the dinner or the supper was ready to be served it mysteriously disappeared. Who acts: next day, three days, dinner. 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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 (next day, three days, dinner), 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:pg540:11:244 # text = The next day the same thing happened, and the next, so that for three days the King got nothing at all to eat, because just when the dinner or the supper was ready to be served it mysteriously disappeared. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 20 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 21 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 20 obj _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 nmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 28 just just ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 mysteriously mysteriously ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | the next day | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **get** | past | three days | nothing | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | three days *not said here* | nothing *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the dinner or the supper | | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **serve** | to-infinitive · passive | the dinner or the supper *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **disappear** | past | dinner | | | | | mysteriously *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 243](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/243/) - next →: [sentence 245](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/245/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)