--- title: But the gooseherd was never seen again, and no one knew what became… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But the gooseherd was never seen again, and no one knew what became of him; while the old lord went home once more to his Palace by the sea, for he could not stay at Court, when he had sworn never to look on his granddaughter's face. Who acts: one, old lord, Prince. 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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 (one, old lord, Prince), 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:pg14241:21:12 # text = But the gooseherd was never seen again, and no one knew what became of him; while the old lord went home once more to his Palace by the sea, for he could not stay at Court, when he had sworn never to look on his granddaughter's face. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 gooseherd gooseherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 13 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 14 nsubj _ _ 14 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 while while SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 23 home home ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 25 advmod _ _ 25 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 38 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 45 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 48 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 granddaughter granddaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 51 's 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | past · passive | | the gooseherd | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** | past | no one | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **become** | past | | | | | | of Prince | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **go** | past | the old lord | | | Prince's Palace | | by the sea; home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **not** **stay** | could | Prince | | | Court | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at court=Location | | 6 | **swear** | past · perfect | Prince | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | on Prince's granddaughter's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on face=Theme | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/13/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/)