--- title: Now the story comes back to Red, who came into the hall and showed t… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the story comes back to Red, who came into the hall and showed the King his right arm wanting the hand, and said that now he could see what kind of a man his intended son-in-law was, for he had done this to him without any cause whatever. Who acts: story, Red, right arm. 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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 (story, Red, right arm), 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:pg640:42:149 # text = Now the story comes back to Red, who came into the hall and showed the King his right arm wanting the hand, and said that now he could see what kind of a man his intended son-in-law was, for he had done this to him without any cause whatever. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 comes come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 21 wanting want VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 32 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 33 det _ _ 33 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 39 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl:relcl _ _ 50 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 53 without without ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 55 det _ _ 55 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 56 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come back** | present | the story | | | Red | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to red=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **come** | past | Red | | | the hall | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **show** | past | Red *not said here* | story's right arm | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent king=Recipient arm=Topic | | 4 | **want** | gerund | story's right arm *not said here* | the hand | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** | could | story | this | son | | now | without any cause whatever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 7 | **intend** | participle | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | story's intended son in law | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | 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 148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/148/) - next →: [sentence 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/150/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)