--- title: About this time the King came home from his expedition, and thought… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: About this time the King came home from his expedition, and thought it a great blow that no one knew what had become of Hermod; but the Queen consoled him as best she could, and after a time the King thought less about his disappearance. Who acts: King, one, Queen, wooer. 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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 (King, one, Queen, wooer), 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:pg640:49:37 # text = About this time the King came home from his expedition, and thought it a great blow that no one knew what had become of Hermod; but the Queen consoled him as best she could, and after a time the King thought less about his disappearance. 1 About about ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 home home ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 19 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 20 det _ _ 20 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Hermod Hermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 consoled console VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 as as ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 31 obj _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 45 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the King | | | wooer's expedition | time | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from expedition=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King *not said here* | expedition | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme blow=Attribute | | 3 | **know** | past | no one | a great blow | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **become** | past · perfect | | | | | | of Hermod | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **console** | past | the Queen | wooer | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer good=Result | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King | | | | time | about wooer's disappearance; less *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about disappearance=Topic | | 7 | **disappear** | | wooer | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/38/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)