--- title: All the town was rejoicing at the thought of the Princess’s approach… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the town was rejoicing at the thought of the Princess’s approaching freedom, and when the news came that King Merlin was sending his ambassador to ask her in marriage for his son, they were still more delighted. Who acts: town, news, King Merlin, King. 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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 (town, news, King Merlin, King), 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:pg540:3:39 # text = All the town was rejoicing at the thought of the Princess’s approaching freedom, and when the news came that King Merlin was sending his ambassador to ask her in marriage for his son, they were still more delighted. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 rejoicing rejoice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 approaching approach VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 freedom freedom NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 Merlin Merlin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 sending send VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 ambassador ambassador NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 iobj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 still still ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | past · progressive | all town | | | the thought of the Princess's approaching freedom | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **approach** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | the news | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past · progressive | King Merlin | Merlin's ambassador | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ambassador=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | King Merlin *not said here* | | Princess | marriage | | for Merlin's son | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | King | | | | still | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **think** | | | the Princess's approaching freedom | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/40/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/)