--- title: Upon this the Ambassador found his tongue, and replied gallantly tha… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Upon this the Ambassador found his tongue, and replied gallantly that the Fairy had evidently foreseen the flames that would be kindled by the bright eyes of the Princess, and had sent this deluge to extinguish them. Who acts: Ambassador, Fairy, bright eyes. 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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 (Ambassador, Fairy, bright eyes), 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:pg540:4:1 # text = Upon this the Ambassador found his tongue, and replied gallantly that the Fairy had evidently foreseen the flames that would be kindled by the bright eyes of the Princess, and had sent this deluge to extinguish them. 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 gallantly gallantly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 evidently evidently ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 foreseen foresee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 deluge deluge NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 extinguish extinguish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the Ambassador | Ambassador's tongue | | | | upon this | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Topic | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | gallantly *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **foresee** | past · perfect | the Fairy | the flames | | | | evidently *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flame=Theme | | 4 | **kindle** | would · passive | the bright eyes of the Princess | the flames | | | | | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition that=Patient | | 5 | **send** | past · perfect | the Ambassador *not said here* | this deluge | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deluge=Theme | | 6 | **extinguish** | to-infinitive | the Ambassador *not said here* | flames *= flame* | | | | | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=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: [The Princess Mayblossom, par…, 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/83/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/2/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/4/)