--- title: Many voices joined in, and a hymn of praise was sung; then he heard… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Many voices joined in, and a hymn of praise was sung; then he heard the priest again, and heard his own name and that of the princess, and thought that he was being wedded to her. Who acts: smith, praise. 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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 (smith, praise), 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:pg5615:7:102 # text = Many voices joined in, and a hymn of praise was sung; then he heard the priest again, and heard his own name and that of the princess, and thought that he was being wedded to her. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 voices voice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 in in ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hymn hymn NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 sung sing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 37 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 wedded wed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join in** | participle | | Many voices *not said here* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past · passive | | Many voices | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | smith | the priest | | | then; again | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer priest=Stimulus | | 4 | **hear** | past | smith *not said here* | smith's own name and the princess | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | smith *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **wed** | past · passive | | smith | priest | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to she=Co-Patient | | 7 | **hymn** | | praise | | | | | | nom hymn «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **name** | | smith | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/103/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/7/)