--- title: Now, one day it was announced in the village that the King had issue… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, one day it was announced in the village that the King had issued a decree, offering his daughter, the Princess, in marriage to whoever should build a ship that could fly. Who acts: village, whoever, ship. 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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 (village, whoever, ship), 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:pg640:35:4 # text = Now, one day it was announced in the village that the King had issued a decree, offering his daughter, the Princess, in marriage to whoever should build a ship that could fly. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 announced announce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 issued issue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl:relcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | past · passive | | youngest *= young* | | the village | now; day | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **issue** | past · perfect · passive | the village *not said here* | the King | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal decree=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | gerund | | King's daughter | | marriage | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 4 | **build** | should | whoever | a ship | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ship=Product | | 5 | **fly** | could | a ship | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/5/) - ↑ back to [The Flying Ship(24)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/35/)