--- title: When the youth returned to the palace the King was both happy and de… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the youth returned to the palace the King was both happy and delighted to get his daughter back again, as may easily be believed, but somehow or other the people about the Court had so worked on him that he was angry with the lad too. Who acts: youth, King, people. 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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 (youth, King, people), 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:pg540:38:41 # text = When the youth returned to the palace the King was both happy and delighted to get his daughter back again, as may easily be believed, but somehow or other the people about the Court had so worked on him that he was angry with the lad too. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 both both CCONJ CC _ 12 cc:preconj _ _ 12 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 easily easily ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 somehow somehow ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 34 about about ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 45 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 too too ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | the youth | | | | | to the palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 2 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the King *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | youth's daughter | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | | 5 | **believe** | may · passive | | | | | | easily, somehow *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | | 6 | **work** | past · perfect | the people about the Court | | | | | on youth | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | youth | | | | | with the lad; angry *property* | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/42/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)