--- title: One evening, however, while they all sat dull and down-hearted, in c… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One evening, however, while they all sat dull and down-hearted, in came Hermod with a sword by his side, and saluted the King, who received him with the greatest joy, as if he had come back from the dead. Who acts: monsters, Hermod, King. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hermod --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/95/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/) / 95 # The Yellow Fairy Book, Hermod and Hadvor (32), sentence 95 One evening, however, while they all sat dull and down-hearted, in came Hermod with a sword by his side, and saluted the King, who received him with the greatest joy, as if he had come back from the dead. **Who acts:** monsters, Hermod, King · **What happens:** sit, come, salute, receive, come back · **To what, where:** King, Hermod, dead This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Hermod and Hadvor (32). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (monsters, Hermod, King), 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:pg640:49:95 # text = One evening, however, while they all sat dull and down-hearted, in came Hermod with a sword by his side, and saluted the King, who received him with the greatest joy, as if he had come back from the dead. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 down down ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 hearted hearted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 Hermod Hermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 saluted salute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 conj _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | monsters *= monster* | | | | evening | dull, however *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | Hermod | | | | | with a sword; by Hermod's side | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by side=Location | | 3 | **salute** | past | monsters *= monster* *not said here* | the King | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Topic | | 4 | **receive** | past | the King | Hermod | | | | with the greatest joy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **come back** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Hermod | | | the dead | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from dead=Initial\_Location | 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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/96/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)