--- title: And his son-in-law put on the royal robes, and he looked so grand an… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And his son-in-law put on the royal robes, and he looked so grand and stately that it was impossible to recognise the poor Simpleton, so changed was he; and the Princess fell in love with him as soon as ever she saw him. Who acts: son, monarch, Princess. 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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 (son, monarch, Princess), 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:pg640:35:142 # text = And his son-in-law put on the royal robes, and he looked so grand and stately that it was impossible to recognise the poor Simpleton, so changed was he; and the Princess fell in love with him as soon as ever she saw him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 8 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 stately stately ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 expl _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 24 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 recognise recognise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 csubj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Simpleton Simpleton PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 44 as as ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 49 advmod _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | participle | | law *not said here* | | the royal robes | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on robe=Destination | | 2 | **look** | past | monarch's son | | | | | grand *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** | past | monarch's son *not said here* | | | | | impossible, stately *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **recognise** | to-infinitive | | the poor Simpleton | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer simpleton=Stimulus | | 5 | **change** | participle | monarch's son *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | past | monarch | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fall** | past | the Princess | | | love | | with monarch; soon *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 8 | **see** | past | Princess | monarch | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 141](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/141/) - next →: [sentence 143](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/143/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/)