--- title: About this time he got permission to go home and see his sister, and… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: About this time he got permission to go home and see his sister, and when he saw how lovely and beautiful she was, he was so pleased and delighted that when he came back to the king’s palace everyone there wanted to know what he was always so happy about. 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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 (stepson, world, everyone, palace), 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:pg5615:31:76 # text = About this time he got permission to go home and see his sister, and when he saw how lovely and beautiful she was, he was so pleased and delighted that when he came back to the king’s palace everyone there wanted to know what he was always so happy about. 1 About about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 ccomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 42 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 44 nsubj _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 44 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 52 nsubj _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 52 advmod _ _ 51 so so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 ccomp _ _ 53 about about ADP IN _ 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | stepson | permission | | | time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer permission=Stimulus | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | stepson *not said here* | permission *not said here* | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | stepson *not said here* | stepson's sister | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sister=Stimulus | | 4 | **see** | past | stepson | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | past | world | | | | | lovely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | world *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | stepson | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **be** | | stepson *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **come back** | past | stepson | | | the king's palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **want** | past | everyone | the king's palace *not said here* | | there | | | tree rules | | 11 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king's palace *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **is** | past | | | | | | always, happy *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 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/77/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)