--- title: Now the fame of these wonders was noised abroad, and the people floc… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the fame of these wonders was noised abroad, and the people flocked in great numbers to see the three marvels, and the maiden who had won them; and among the sightseers came the king’s son, who would not go till everything was shown him, and till he had heard how it had all happened. 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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 (people, maiden, sightseers, son), 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:pg5615:21:3 # text = Now the fame of these wonders was noised abroad, and the people flocked in great numbers to see the three marvels, and the maiden who had won them; and among the sightseers came the king’s son, who would not go till everything was shown him, and till he had heard how it had all happened. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fame fame NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 wonders wonder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 noised noise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 flocked flock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 marvels marvel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 among among ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 sightseers sightseer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 acl:relcl _ _ 46 till till SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 advcl _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 53 till till SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 57 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 61 advmod _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 59 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 all all ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **noise** | past · passive | | the fame of this wonders | | | now | abroad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **flock** | past | the people | | | great numbers | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | the three marvels | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer marvel=Stimulus | | 4 | **have** | past | the maiden | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **win** | past | the maiden | marvels *= marvel* | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality | | 6 | **come** | past | the sightseers | | | | | the king's son *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **go** | would | the king's son | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **show** | past · passive | | everything | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Topic | | 9 | **hear** | past · perfect | maiden | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **happen** | past · perfect | it | | | | | all *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/4/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/)