--- title: The Emperor consented, and all happened exactly as it had done at th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Emperor consented, and all happened exactly as it had done at the court of the Emperor with the golden bird; the prisoner’s life was to be spared only on condition that within three days he should obtain possession of the golden mermaid, whom hitherto no mortal had ever approached. 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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 (Emperor), 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:pg7277:52:53 # text = The Emperor consented, and all happened exactly as it had done at the court of the Emperor with the golden bird; the prisoner’s life was to be spared only on condition that within three days he should obtain possession of the golden mermaid, whom hitherto no mortal had ever approached. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 all all ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 25 case _ _ 27 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 spared spare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 36 within within ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 obtain obtain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl:relcl _ _ 42 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 54 obj _ _ 49 hitherto hitherto ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 50 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 51 det _ _ 51 mortal mortal NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 54 advmod _ _ 54 approached approach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | past | the Emperor | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **happen** | past | the Emperor *not said here* | | | | | all, exactly *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | robber | | the court of the Emperor | | with the golden bird | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **spare** | past · passive | | the prisoner's life | | condition | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset | | 5 | **obtain** | should | emperor | condition | | | day | | tree rules | | 6 | **approach** | past · perfect · passive | | no mortal | | | ever | hitherto *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **possess** | | | the golden mermaid | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/54/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Mermaid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/52/)