--- title: He made no objections to what they had arranged, and so Christian th… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He made no objections to what they had arranged, and so Christian the smith held his wedding with the princess, and got half the kingdom at once, and the whole of it when the king died. Who acts: king, objections, smith. 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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 (king, objections, smith), 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:pg5615:8:5 # text = He made no objections to what they had arranged, and so Christian the smith held his wedding with the princess, and got half the kingdom at once, and the whole of it when the king died. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 objections objection NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 arranged arrange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 Christian Christian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 25 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 39 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | king | no objections | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent objection=Product | | 2 | **arrange** | past · perfect | objections *= objection* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hold** | past | Christian's smith | king's wedding | | | | with the princess | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Theme | | 4 | **get** | past | king *not said here* | half kingdom | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme at once=Asset | | 5 | **die** | past | the king | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **wed** | | king | | | | | with the princess | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/6/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/8/)