--- title: So he took heart of grace, and made Martin a Duke, and gave his daug… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he took heart of grace, and made Martin a Duke, and gave his daughter a rich dowry, and prepared the grandest wedding-feast that had ever been seen, so that to this day the old people in the country still talk of it. Who acts: King, old people. 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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, old people), 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:pg640:33:131 # text = So he took heart of grace, and made Martin a Duke, and gave his daughter a rich dowry, and prepared the grandest wedding-feast that had ever been seen, so that to this day the old people in the country still talk of it. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Duke Duke PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 iobj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 dowry dowry NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 25 grandest grand ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 26 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 31 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 advmod _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 still still ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 parataxis _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | King | heart of grace | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | King *not said here* | a Duke | Martin | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset martin=Beneficiary duke=Product | | 3 | **give** | past | King *not said here* | a rich dowry | King's daughter | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient dowry=Theme | | 4 | **prepare** | past | | the grandest wedding feast | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient | | 5 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | the grandest wedding feast | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **talk** | | the old people in the country | | | | still | of talk | 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 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 130](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/130/) - next →: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/132/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)