--- title: But when they arrived at the palace, and the King beheld the ugly br… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when they arrived at the palace, and the King beheld the ugly bride with a nose that was four ells long, a jaw that was three ells, and a forehead that had a bush in the middle of it, he was quite terrified; but the wedding feast was all prepared, as regarded brewing and baking, and all the wedd --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/72/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/) / 72 # The Red Fairy Book, Bushy Bride, sentence 72 But when they arrived at the palace, and the King beheld the ugly bride with a nose that was four ells long, a jaw that was three ells, and a forehead that had a bush in the middle of it, he was quite terrified; but the wedding feast was all prepared, as regarded brewing and baking, and all the wedding guests were sitting waiting, so, ugly as she was, the King was forced to take her. **Who acts:** brother, King, nose, that, forehead, wedding feast · **What happens:** arrive, behold, be, have, regard, sit · **To what, where:** palace, ugly bride, three ells, bush, middle, King This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Bushy Bride. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brother, King, nose, that), 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:pg540:47:72 # text = But when they arrived at the palace, and the King beheld the ugly bride with a nose that was four ells long, a jaw that was three ells, and a forehead that had a bush in the middle of it, he was quite terrified; but the wedding feast was all prepared, as regarded brewing and baking, and all the wedding guests were sitting waiting, so, ugly as she was, the King was forced to take her. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 jaw jaw NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 ells ell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 forehead forehead NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 bush bush NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 quite quite ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 55 all all ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 prepared prepared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 58 as as ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 regarded regard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 amod _ _ 60 brewing brewing NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 baking baking NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 65 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 68 det:predet _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 67 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nsubj _ _ 69 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 70 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 71 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 70 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 so so ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 parataxis _ _ 76 as as SCONJ IN _ 78 mark _ _ 77 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 78 nsubj _ _ 78 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 83 nsubj:pass _ _ 82 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 83 aux:pass _ _ 83 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 parataxis _ _ 84 to to PART TO _ 85 mark _ _ 85 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 83 xcomp _ _ 86 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | brother | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **behold** | past | the King | the ugly bride | | | | with a nose and a jaw and three ells | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | a nose and a jaw and three ells | | | | | four ells *obl:unmarked*; long *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | that | three ells | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | a forehead | a bush | | the middle of middle | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bush=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | King | | | | | terrified *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | the wedding feast | | | | | as regarded brewing and baking; all, prepared *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **regard** | participle | | | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **sit** | past · progressive | all wedding guests | | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **wait** | gerund | all wedding guests *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **be** | past | forehead | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **force** | past · passive | | the King | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 13 | **take** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | forehead | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | 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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/73/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)