--- title: When the day came on which the sentence was to be executed, it was t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the day came on which the sentence was to be executed, it was the last day of the six years in which she must not speak or laugh, and now she had freed her dear brothers from the power of the enchantment. Who acts: day, sentence, mother. 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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 (day, sentence, mother), 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:pg640:4:77 # text = When the day came on which the sentence was to be executed, it was the last day of the six years in which she must not speak or laugh, and now she had freed her dear brothers from the power of the enchantment. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 executed execute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the day | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **execute** | past · passive | | the sentence | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | past | sentence | the last day | | | year | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | must | mother | | | | in the six years | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **laugh** | infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **free** | past · perfect · passive | | mother | | | now | | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/78/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/)