--- title: Her parents were very much vexed when the old man came back and told… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her parents were very much vexed when the old man came back and told them this, but as soon as the three months of the Prince’s enchantment were over, he ceased to be an eagle and became once more a man, and they returned home together. Who acts: old man, man, parents, Prince. 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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 (old man, man, parents, Prince), 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:pg640:7:104 # text = Her parents were very much vexed when the old man came back and told them this, but as soon as the three months of the Prince’s enchantment were over, he ceased to be an eagle and became once more a man, and they returned home together. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 iobj _ _ 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 19 as as ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 34 advmod _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’s 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 over over ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 37 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 eagle eagle NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 advcl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 42 advmod _ _ 42 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 49 home home ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 together together ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vex** | past · passive | | Princess's parents | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **come back** | past | the old man | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old man *not said here* | this | parents *= parent* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient this=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | month | of the Prince's enchantment; over *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **cease** | past | man | | | | | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | a eagle | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **become** | past | man *not said here* | a man | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **return** | past | parents *= parent* | | | | | home, together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **enchant** | | the Prince | | | | | | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: 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 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/103/) - next →: [sentence 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/105/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Crab(5)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/)