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title: Now the ceremony took place, and when the married pair were alone to… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Golden Crab(5), sentence 34

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Now the ceremony took place, and when the married pair were alone together the Crab made himself known to his young wife, and told her how he was the son of the greatest king in the world, and how he was enchanted, so that he became a crab by day and was a man only at night; and he could also change himself into an eagle as often as he wished.

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**Who acts:** ceremony, married pair, Crab, pair, man · **What happens:** take, be, make, know, tell, enchant · **To what, where:** place, pair, ceremony, son, crab, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Crab(5). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ceremony, married pair, Crab, pair), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:7:34
# text = Now the ceremony took place, and when the married pair were alone together the Crab made himself known to his young wife, and told her how he was the son of the greatest king in the world, and how he was enchanted, so that he became a crab by day and was a man only at night; and he could also change himself into an eagle as often as he wished.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	married	married	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
13	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	17	obj	_	_
19	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	xcomp	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
27	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	iobj	_	_
28	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	ccomp	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	36	amod	_	_
36	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
42	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	45	advmod	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux:pass	_	_
45	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	so	so	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
48	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	xcomp	_	_
53	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
56	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	cop	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	conj	_	_
59	only	only	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
60	at	at	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
64	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
65	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	67	aux	_	_
66	also	also	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
68	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	67	obj	_	_
69	into	into	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	_
72	as	as	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
73	often	often	ADV	RB	_	76	advmod	_	_
74	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	76	mark	_	_
75	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	76	nsubj	_	_
76	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the ceremony | place |  |  | now |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | past | the married pair |  |  |  |  | alone, together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | past | the Crab | pair |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** | participle | pair *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to pair's young wife | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the ceremony *not said here* |  | ceremony |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 6 | **is a** | past | pair | the son |  |  |  | of the greatest king in the world | tree rules |
| 7 | **enchant** | past · passive |  | pair |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 8 | **become** | past | pair | a crab |  |  | day |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 9 | **is a** | past | pair *not said here* | a man |  |  | night |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **change** | could | man | man |  |  |  | into a eagle *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent himself=Patient into eagle=Result |
| 11 | **wish** | past | man |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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.

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**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.

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