--- title: Their father’s wrath knew no bounds, and he ordered them both to be… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Their father’s wrath knew no bounds, and he ordered them both to be banished, but he could not do enough to honour his youngest son, and his marriage with the beautiful mermaid was celebrated with much pomp and magnificence. Who acts: wrath. 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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 (wrath), 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:pg7277:52:102 # text = Their father’s wrath knew no bounds, and he ordered them both to be banished, but he could not do enough to honour his youngest son, and his marriage with the beautiful mermaid was celebrated with much pomp and magnificence. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 bounds bound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 12 appos _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 banished banish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 enough enough ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 amod _ _ 28 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 celebrated celebrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 pomp pomp NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 magnificence magnificence NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | sons's father's wrath | no bounds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer bound=Stimulus | | 2 | **order** | past | wrath | | sons *= son* | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **banish** | to-infinitive · passive | wrath *not said here* | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **not** **do** | could | wrath | | | | | enough *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **honour** | to-infinitive | wrath *not said here* | wrath's youngest son | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **celebrate** | past · passive | | wrath's marriage with the beautiful mermaid | | | | with much pomp and magnificence | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **marry** | | wrath | | | | | with the beautiful mermaid | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent with=obl | 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 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/101/) - next →: [sentence 103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/103/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)