--- title: When he reached the palace all the servants crowded about him, and m… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he reached the palace all the servants crowded about him, and made fun of him, and at last their shouts and laughter grew so loud that the head steward rushed out, crying, ‘For goodness sake, be quiet, can’t you. Who acts: son, last. 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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 (son, last), 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:pg641:27:78 # text = When he reached the palace all the servants crowded about him, and made fun of him, and at last their shouts and laughter grew so loud that the head steward rushed out, crying, ‘For goodness sake, be quiet, can’t you. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 crowded crowded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 fun fun NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 nsubj _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 shouts shout VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 26 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 steward steward NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 rushed rush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 crying cry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 For for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 44 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 47 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | son | the palace | | | | all servants *obl* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | | fun of son | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fun=Product | | 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | last and laughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **grow** | past | last and laughter | | | | | loud *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rush out** | participle | | the head steward *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | last and laughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | last and laughter *not said here* | | | | | for goodness sake; quiet *property* | tree rules | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/79/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/27/)