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title: When the King and Queen had each related their dreams to the other,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: When the King and Queen had each related their dreams to the other, they were much amazed that they should both have dreamt exactly the same about their son, and the King said to his wife, ‘This is clearly a sign from heaven that we should send our son out into the world in order that he may come ho
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Death of the Sun-hero (27), sentence 8

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When the King and Queen had each related their dreams to the other, they were much amazed that they should both have dreamt exactly the same about their son, and the King said to his wife, ‘This is clearly a sign from heaven that we should send our son out into the world in order that he may come home the great Sun-Hero, as the Red Girl said, not only in name but in deed.’

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**Who acts:** King, This, that, Red Girl, parents · **What happens:** have, dreamt, say, be, send out, come · **To what, where:** related dreams, parents, wife, sign, heaven, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Death of the Sun-hero (27). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, This, that, Red Girl), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:38:8
# text = When the King and Queen had each related their dreams to the other, they were much amazed that they should both have dreamt exactly the same about their son, and the King said to his wife, ‘This is clearly a sign from heaven that we should send our son out into the world in order that he may come home the great Sun-Hero, as the Red Girl said, not only in name but in deed.’
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
8	related	related	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dreams	dream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
17	much	much	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	amazed	amazed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
22	both	both	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
23	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	aux	_	_
24	dreamt	dreamt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
25	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	xcomp	_	_
28	about	about	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
40	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	45	nsubj	_	_
42	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
43	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	ccomp	_	_
46	from	from	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
48	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
49	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	parataxis	_	_
52	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	out	out	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
55	into	into	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
60	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
61	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
62	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	63	aux	_	_
63	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	advcl	_	_
64	home	home	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	69	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	Hero	Hero	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
71	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	75	mark	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
73	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	74	compound	_	_
74	Girl	Girl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	nsubj	_	_
75	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
77	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	80	advmod	_	_
78	only	only	ADV	RB	_	80	advmod	_	_
79	in	in	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	parataxis	_	_
81	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
82	in	in	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
83	deed	deed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	45	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the King and Queen | parents's related dreams |  |  |  | to the other | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient |
| 2 | **dreamt** | should · perfect · passive |  | parents *= parent* |  |  |  | both, same *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King |  | King's wife |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to wife=Recipient |
| 4 | **is a** | present | This | a sign |  | heaven |  | clearly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **send out** | should | that | our son |  | the world |  | in order; out *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme in order=Destination |
| 6 | **come** | may | King | the great Sun and Hero |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Red Girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **dream** |  | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  |  | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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