--- title: He married a wife and soon they had a most beautiful daughter, for w… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He married a wife and soon they had a most beautiful daughter, for whom, when she was grown up, he caused a great palace to be built underground, and then killed the architect who had built it. Who acts: eldest, sons, architect. 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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 (eldest, sons, architect), 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:pg641:37:4 # text = He married a wife and soon they had a most beautiful daughter, for whom, when she was grown up, he caused a great palace to be built underground, and then killed the architect who had built it. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 11 advmod _ _ 11 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 31 underground underground ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 35 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 architect architect NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past | eldest *= eld* | a wife | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 2 | **have** | past | sons *= son* | a beautiful daughter | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 3 | **grow up** | past · passive | | wife | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary whom=Product | | 4 | **cause** | past | eldest *= eld* | a great palace | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition palace=Patient | | 5 | **build** | to-infinitive · passive | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | a great palace *not said here* | | | | underground *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V» | | 6 | **kill** | past | eldest *= eld* *not said here* | the architect | | | then | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent architect=Theme | | 7 | **build** | past · perfect | the architect | architect | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/5/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/37/)