--- title: After the Prince had been proclaimed King, and the usual time of mou… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After the Prince had been proclaimed King, and the usual time of mourning had elapsed, he felt that he must keep the promise he had made to his father, so he sent to ask for the hand of the King’s daughter, which was granted to him at once. Who acts: King. 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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 (King), 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:pg7277:43:10 # text = After the Prince had been proclaimed King, and the usual time of mourning had elapsed, he felt that he must keep the promise he had made to his father, so he sent to ask for the hand of the King’s daughter, which was granted to him at once. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 mourning mourning NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 elapsed elapse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’s 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **proclaim** | past · perfect · passive | | the Prince | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme king=Attribute | | 2 | **elapse** | past · perfect · passive | | the usual time of mourning | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | past | King | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **keep** | must | King | the promise | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect | King | the promise *not said here* | | | | to King's father | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Product | | 6 | **send** | past | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | for the hand of the King's daughter | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **grant** | past · passive | | the King's daughter | King | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to he=Goal | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/11/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Huntsmen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/43/)