--- title: At the end of a year of mourning, the young king let it be known tha… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At the end of a year of mourning, the young king let it be known that he intended to marry, and commanded all the maidens in the kingdom to come to a feast, so that he might choose a wife from among them. Who acts: young king, king. 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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 (young king, 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:pg641:12:108 # text = At the end of a year of mourning, the young king let it be known that he intended to marry, and commanded all the maidens in the kingdom to come to a feast, so that he might choose a wife from among them. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 41 mark _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 among among ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | infinitive | the young king | | | | at the end of a year of mourning | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | infinitive · passive | | mourning | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **intend** | past | king | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **command** | past | the young king *not said here* | all maidens | | the kingdom | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme in kingdom=Eventuality | | 6 | **come** | to-infinitive | the young king *not said here* | | | a feast | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to feast=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **choose** | might | king | a wife | | | | from maidens *= maiden* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wife=Theme from they=Source | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/107/) - next →: [sentence 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/109/) - ↑ back to [The Child Who Came From an Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/)