--- title: Then they ran to him and kissed him and called him their own dear so… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Then they ran to him and kissed him and called him their own dear son; so they called for the gardener's daughter and made her sing her charm, and he wakened, and told them all that the giant's daughter had done for him, and of all her kindness. Who acts: king, daughter, Nix. 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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, daughter, Nix), 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:pg7439:12:78 # text = Then they ran to him and kissed him and called him their own dear son; so they called for the gardener's daughter and made her sing her charm, and he wakened, and told them all that the giant's daughter had done for him, and of all her kindness. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 14 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 gardener gardener NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 wakened waken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 43 's 's PART POS _ 42 case _ _ 44 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 ccomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | king | | Nix | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | | 2 | **kiss** | past | king *not said here* | Nix | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 3 | **call** | past | king *not said here* | | Nix | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **call** | past | king | | | | | for the gardener's daughter | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for daughter=Recipient | | 5 | **make** | past | king *not said here* | daughter | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | daughter *not said here* | daughter's charm | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location charm=Theme | | 7 | **waken** | past | Nix | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **do** | past · perfect | the giant's daughter | | | | | for Nix | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/79/) - ↑ back to [Nix Nought Nothing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/12/)