--- title: Peridor was rejoiced to embrace his wife and his son once more, and… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Peridor was rejoiced to embrace his wife and his son once more, and with the help of the fairies began to make preparations for the marriage of Saphir and Serpentine, who turned out to be the daughter of Aglantine and Diamantino, and as much a princess as he was a prince. 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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 (marriage, Peridor), 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:pg640:12:54 # text = Peridor was rejoiced to embrace his wife and his son once more, and with the help of the fairies began to make preparations for the marriage of Saphir and Serpentine, who turned out to be the daughter of Aglantine and Diamantino, and as much a princess as he was a prince. 1 Peridor Peridor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 embrace embrace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 12 advmod _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 preparations preparation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Saphir Saphir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 Serpentine Serpentine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Aglantine Aglantine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 Diamantino Diamantino PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 as as ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 obl _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rejoice** | past · passive | | Peridor | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **embrace** | to-infinitive | | Peridor's wife and Peridor's son | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Co-Agent | | 3 | **begin** | past | | much | | | | with the help of the fairies | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | | preparations | | | | for the marriage of Saphir and Serpentine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent preparation=Product for marriage=Asset | | 5 | **turn out** | past | the marriage of Saphir and Serpentine | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the marriage of Saphir and Serpentine *not said here* | the daughter | | | | of Aglantine and Diamantino | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Peridor | | | | | as a prince | tree rules | | 8 | **help** | | | the fairies | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **marry** | | | Saphir and Serpentine | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/53/) - next →: [sentence 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/55/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/)