--- title: When they approached the capital, all the people came out to meet th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they approached the capital, all the people came out to meet them with great joy and acclamation, and when the King reached his palace the Queen met him on the threshold; beside her stood the Prime Minister, holding a little cradle in his hands, in which lay a new-born child as beautiful as the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/28/) [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/) / [The Biter Bit, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/) / 28 # The Green Fairy Book, The Biter Bit, part 2, sentence 28 When they approached the capital, all the people came out to meet them with great joy and acclamation, and when the King reached his palace the Queen met him on the threshold; beside her stood the Prime Minister, holding a little cradle in his hands, in which lay a new-born child as beautiful as the day. **Who acts:** face, people, King, Queen · **What happens:** approach, come out, meet, reach, stand, hold · **To what, where:** capital, face, palace, KING, threshold, Prime Minister This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Biter Bit, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (face, people, King, Queen), 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:pg7277:27:28 # text = When they approached the capital, all the people came out to meet them with great joy and acclamation, and when the King reached his palace the Queen met him on the threshold; beside her stood the Prime Minister, holding a little cradle in his hands, in which lay a new-born child as beautiful as the day. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 out out ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 acclamation acclamation NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 22 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 threshold threshold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 beside beside ADP IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 Prime Prime PROPN NNP _ 41 compound _ _ 41 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 53 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 55 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 58 amod _ _ 58 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 59 as as ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 amod _ _ 61 as as ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | face | the capital | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capital=Theme | | 2 | **come out** | past | all people | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | all people *not said here* | face | | | | with great joy and acclamation | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Theme with joy=Instrument | | 4 | **reach** | past | the King | KING's palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 5 | **meet** | past | the Queen | KING | | the threshold | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **stand** | past | Queen | the Prime Minister | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer minister=Stimulus | | 7 | **hold** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | a little cradle | | KING's hands | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cradle=Theme in hand=Location | | 8 | **lie** | past | | a born child | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme | | 9 | **bear** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/29/) - ↑ back to [The Biter Bit, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/27/)