--- title: Just then arrived a chariot drawn by eagles, which proved to contain… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Just then arrived a chariot drawn by eagles, which proved to contain the foolish King and Queen, who embraced their long-lost son with great joy, and were greatly struck with the fact that they did indeed find him covered with fur! Who acts: eagles, foolish King, King, subject. 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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 (eagles, foolish King, King, subject), 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:pg7277:17:64 # text = Just then arrived a chariot drawn by eagles, which proved to contain the foolish King and Queen, who embraced their long-lost son with great joy, and were greatly struck with the fact that they did indeed find him covered with fur! 1 Just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 eagles eagle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 contain contain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 23 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 struck strike VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 xcomp _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | | a chariot | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **draw** | participle | | a chariot *not said here* | | | | by eagles | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **prove** | past | eagles | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **contain** | to-infinitive | eagles *not said here* | the foolish King and Queen | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot king=Theme | | 5 | **embrace** | past | the foolish King and Queen | King's long lost son | | | | with great joy | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Co-Agent | | 6 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **strike** | past · passive | | | | | | with the fact; greatly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: with fact=Theme | | 8 | **find** | past · do-support | King | subject | | | | indeed *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme | | 9 | **cover** | participle | subject *not said here* | | | | | with fur | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with fur=Theme | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/65/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)