--- title: When those who were in the King’s palace saw the ship, they lost no… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When those who were in the King’s palace saw the ship, they lost no time in going to meet him with song and music, and thus they marched up towards Minnikin with great rejoicings; but the gladdest of all was the King, for now he had got his other daughter back again. 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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 (those, palace, bubbles), 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:pg540:46:51 # text = When those who were in the King’s palace saw the ship, they lost no time in going to meet him with song and music, and thus they marched up towards Minnikin with great rejoicings; but the gladdest of all was the King, for now he had got his other daughter back again. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 2 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 17 det _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 thus thus ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 marched march VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 towards towards ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 rejoicings rejoicing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 gladdest glad ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 parataxis _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 det _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 obl _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 parataxis _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ _ 56 back back ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 again again ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | those | | | the King's palace | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | past | the King's palace | the ship | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus | | 3 | **lose** | past | bubbles *= bubble* | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | gerund | bubbles *= bubble* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | bubbles *= bubble* *not said here* | palace | | | | with song and music | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme with song=Instrument | | 6 | **march up** | past | bubbles *= bubble* | | | | | towards Minnikin; with great rejoicings; thus *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards minnikin=Destination | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | of all King | tree rules | | 8 | **get** | past · perfect | palace | Minnikin's other daughter | | | again | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme for now=Source | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/52/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/46/)