--- title: Now the king was enchanted to see him so soon, and took the veil fro… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the king was enchanted to see him so soon, and took the veil from Ciccu and flung it over the princess, crying, ‘Here is the veil you asked for, so I claim you for my wife.’ Who acts: veil, you, I. 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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 (veil, you, I), 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:pg5615:38:99 # text = Now the king was enchanted to see him so soon, and took the veil from Ciccu and flung it over the princess, crying, ‘Here is the veil you asked for, so I claim you for my wife.’ 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Ciccu Ciccu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 flung fling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 conj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 veil veil NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 claim claim VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | past · passive | | the king | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | | king | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | past | | the veil | | Ciccu | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent veil=Theme from ciccu=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **fling** | past | | veil | | | | over the princess | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over princess=Destination | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | the veil | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | you | the veil *not said here* | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent veil=Recipient | | 8 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | I | you | | | | for my wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Topic | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/100/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/38/)