--- title: The laughter and howls of derision from the whole crowd rose ever lo… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The laughter and howls of derision from the whole crowd rose ever louder and louder as the extraordinary cortege advanced, and at last reached the ears of the King as he waited in the audience hall, and before the procession reached the palace he had been informed of its nature, and, supposing that --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/70/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/) / 70 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 70 The laughter and howls of derision from the whole crowd rose ever louder and louder as the extraordinary cortege advanced, and at last reached the ears of the King as he waited in the audience hall, and before the procession reached the palace he had been informed of its nature, and, supposing that it must be intended as an insult, he ordered the gates to be closed. **Who acts:** laughter, procession, palace, gates, derision · **What happens:** rise, reach, wait, inform, suppose, intend · **To what, where:** ears, last, audience hall, palace, procession, gates This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (laughter, procession, palace, gates), 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:pg7277:16:70 # text = The laughter and howls of derision from the whole crowd rose ever louder and louder as the extraordinary cortege advanced, and at last reached the ears of the King as he waited in the audience hall, and before the procession reached the palace he had been informed of its nature, and, supposing that it must be intended as an insult, he ordered the gates to be closed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 laughter laughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 howls howl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 derision derision NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 13 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 xcomp _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 13 conj _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 extraordinary extraordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 cortege cortege NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 advanced advanced NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl _ _ 25 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 before before SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 56 supposing suppose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 67 advcl _ _ 57 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 60 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 advcl _ _ 62 as as ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 insult insult NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 66 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obj _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 71 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 72 aux:pass _ _ 72 closed close VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | the laughter and howls of derision from the whole crowd | | | | ever | loud *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **reach** | past | the laughter and howls of derision from the whole crowd *not said here* | the ears of the King | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent ear=Theme at last=Asset | | 3 | **wait** | past | laughter | | | the audience hall | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location | | 4 | **reach** | past | the procession | the palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 5 | **inform** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive | the palace *not said here* | procession | | | | of Palace's nature | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of nature=Topic | | 6 | **suppose** | gerund | procession *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **intend** | must · passive | | Palace | | | | as a insult | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Topic as insult=Attribute | | 8 | **order** | past | procession | the gates | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent gate=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **close** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | the gates *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 10 | **howl** | | derision from the whole crowd | | | | | | nom howl «communication intransitive»: of=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/69/) - next →: [sentence 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/71/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/16/)