--- title: The very first decree of state which King Phoenix issued was, that,… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The very first decree of state which King Phoenix issued was, that, if a maiden happened to arrive in the kingdom, mounted on a snow-white bull, and calling herself Europa, his subjects should treat her with the greatest kindness and respect, and immediately bring her to the palace. 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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, first decree, that, subjects), 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:pg976:11:24 # text = The very first decree of state which King Phoenix issued was, that, if a maiden happened to arrive in the kingdom, mounted on a snow-white bull, and calling herself Europa, his subjects should treat her with the greatest kindness and respect, and immediately bring her to the palace. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 decree decree NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 Phoenix Phoenix PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 10 issued issue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 13 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 35 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 Europa Europa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 40 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 46 amod _ _ 46 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **issue** | past | King | state | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location which=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | the first decree of state | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **arrive** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* | | | the kingdom | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **mount** | participle | | the kingdom *not said here* | | | | on a white bull | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on bull=Destination | | 6 | **call** | gerund | that *not said here* | maiden | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme europa=Result | | 7 | **treat** | should | king's subjects | | maiden | | | with the greatest kindness and respect | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with kindness=Theme | | 8 | **bring** | infinitive | that *not said here* | maiden | | the palace | | immediately *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination | | 9 | **decree** | | state | | | | | | nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/25/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon's Teeth., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/11/)