--- title: The young Prince dismounts, and puts his horse in the stable, and th… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The young Prince dismounts, and puts his horse in the stable, and they go in to have some refreshments, for I can assure you he wanted some; and after telling everything that passed, which the old gentleman was very pleased to hear, they both went for a walk together, the young Prince looking around --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/37/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/) / 37 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 13, sentence 37 The young Prince dismounts, and puts his horse in the stable, and they go in to have some refreshments, for I can assure you he wanted some; and after telling everything that passed, which the old gentleman was very pleased to hear, they both went for a walk together, the young Prince looking around and seeing the place looking dreadful, as did the old man. **Who acts:** young Prince dismounts, hand, I, Dismount, young Prince, place · **What happens:** put, go in, have, assure, want, tell · **To what, where:** horse, stable, refreshments, you, some, everything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (young Prince dismounts, hand, I, Dismount), 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:pg14241:27:37 # text = The young Prince dismounts, and puts his horse in the stable, and they go in to have some refreshments, for I can assure you he wanted some; and after telling everything that passed, which the old gentleman was very pleased to hear, they both went for a walk together, the young Prince looking around and seeing the place looking dreadful, as did the old man. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 dismounts dismount NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 17 in in ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 20 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 21 det _ _ 21 refreshments refreshment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 assure assure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 33 after after SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 35 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 34 obj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 parataxis _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 51 advmod _ _ 51 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 together together ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 60 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 51 advcl _ _ 61 around around ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 conj _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 66 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 65 acl _ _ 67 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 as as SCONJ IN _ 70 mark _ _ 70 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 conj _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present | the young Prince dismounts | Dismount's horse | | the stable | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme in stable=Destination | | 2 | **go in** | present | hand | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | some refreshments | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refreshment=Patient | | 4 | **assure** | can | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **want** | past | Dismount | some | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot some=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | hand *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient | | 7 | **pass** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **hear** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **go** | past | hand | | | | | for a walk; together *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for walk=Beneficiary | | 11 | **look around** | gerund | the young Prince | | | | | around *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 12 | **see** | gerund | the young Prince *not said here* | the place | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus | | 13 | **look** | gerund | the place *not said here* | | | | | dreadful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 14 | **do** | past | the young Prince *not said here* | the old man | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/38/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)