--- title: After many battles and much loss of life, a peace was at last conclu… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After many battles and much loss of life, a peace was at last concluded, and this peace became known as the ‘Pasty Peace,’ because at the banquet given in its honour the prince’s cook dished up the Queen of Pasties--the Suzeraine--and the grand duke declared it to be quite excellent. 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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 (grand duke, peace), 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:pg641:28:123 # text = After many battles and much loss of life, a peace was at last concluded, and this peace became known as the ‘Pasty Peace,’ because at the banquet given in its honour the prince’s cook dished up the Queen of Pasties--the Suzeraine--and the grand duke declared it to be quite excellent. 1 After after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 13 at at SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 concluded conclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 Pasty Pasty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 Peace Peace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ 29 because because SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 41 dished dish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Pasties pasty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 -- -- PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Suzeraine Suzeraine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 -- -- PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 duke duke NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 cop _ _ 59 quite quite ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | past · passive | | a peace | | | after many battles and loss of life | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **know** | past · passive | | this peace | | | | as the Pasty Peace | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as peace=Attribute | | 3 | **give** | participle | | the banquet *not said here* | | peace's honour the prince's cook | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **dish up** | past | | the Queen of Pasties and the Suzeraine | | the banquet | | | tree rules | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the grand duke | peace | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | the grand duke *not said here* | | | | | excellent *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **honour** | | peace | | | | | | nom honour «state 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 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 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/122/) - next →: [The Nunda, Eater of People, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/29/1/) - ↑ back to [The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/28/)