--- title: At last he arrived weary and tired, and they did not seem to receive… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: At last he arrived weary and tired, and they did not seem to receive him with any kindness whatever, because he had not found the stolen castle; and to make it worse, he was disappointed in not seeing his young and beautiful wife to come and meet him, through being hindered by her parents. 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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 (Jack, man, parents), 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:pg7439:20:115 # text = At last he arrived weary and tired, and they did not seem to receive him with any kindness whatever, because he had not found the stolen castle; and to make it worse, he was disappointed in not seeing his young and beautiful wife to come and meet him, through being hindered by her parents. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 29 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 disappointed disappointed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 40 in in SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 44 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 47 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 through through SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 hindered hinder VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 57 by by ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | Jack | | | last | | weary *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **seem** | past · do-support | man | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **receive** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | Jack | | | | with any kindness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **not** **find** | past · perfect | Jack | the stolen castle | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Topic | | 5 | **steal** | participle | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | | castle | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 7 | **is** | past | Jack | | | | | disappointed *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **see** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | Jack's young wife | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | | 9 | **come** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **meet** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | Jack | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 11 | **hinder** | gerund · passive | wife's parents | | | | | | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/116/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)