--- title: By this time the emperor, on hearing where she was, joined her in th… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By this time the emperor, on hearing where she was, joined her in the yard, and at her request ordered the mares to be milked, so that both he and she might bathe in the milk and keep young for ever. Who acts: princess, emperor. 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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 (princess, emperor), 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:pg641:40:47 # text = By this time the emperor, on hearing where she was, joined her in the yard, and at her request ordered the mares to be milked, so that both he and she might bathe in the milk and keep young for ever. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 on on SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 hearing hear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 appos _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 23 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 mares mare NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 milked milk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 32 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 33 reparandum _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 bathe bathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 43 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | gerund | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | past | princess | | | | | in the yard; join *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **order** | past | | | the mares | princess's request | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent mare=Theme at request=Asset | | 4 | **milk** | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP» | | 5 | **bathe** | might | emperor | | | | | in the milk | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in milk=Theme | | 6 | **keep** | present | emperor *not said here* | | | | | young *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **request** | | princess | | | | | | nom request «communication 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/48/) - ↑ back to [The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/40/)