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# More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 13, sentence 84

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The young Prince tells him everything from first to last, how he started in search of the apples, and about the three old men, and about the castle, and how he was served at last by his father after he came home; and instead of the headsman taking his head off, he was kind enough to leave him his life, "and here I am now, under your protection."

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**Who acts:** young Prince, Prince, father, your · **What happens:** tell, start, serve, come, take off, be · **To what, where:** everything, gentleman, search, Prince, last, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, Prince, father, your), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg14241:27:84
# text = The young Prince tells him everything from first to last, how he started in search of the apples, and about the three old men, and about the castle, and how he was served at last by his father after he came home; and instead of the headsman taking his head off, he was kind enough to leave him his life, "and here I am now, under your protection."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
22	about	about	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
24	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
25	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	about	about	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
34	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	37	advmod	_	_
35	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
38	at	at	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	obl	_	_
40	by	by	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
43	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	advcl	_	_
46	home	home	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
49	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	52	case	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	fixed	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	headsman	headsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
53	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	ccomp	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
56	off	off	ADP	RP	_	53	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
59	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	cop	_	_
60	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
61	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
62	to	to	PART	TO	_	63	mark	_	_
63	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	xcomp	_	_
64	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	_
65	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	66	nmod:poss	_	_
66	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
68	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
70	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	60	conj	_	_
71	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	73	nsubj	_	_
72	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	73	cop	_	_
73	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	60	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
75	under	under	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	77	nmod:poss	_	_
77	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	60	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the young Prince | everything | gentleman |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **start** | past | Prince |  |  | search of the apples |  | about the three old men; about the castle | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **serve** | past · passive | Prince's father | Prince |  | last |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute |
| 4 | **come** | past | Prince |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **take off** | gerund |  | Prince's head |  |  |  | instead the headsman | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | Prince |  |  |  |  | enough, kind *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | gentleman |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Theme life=Attribute |
| 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the young Prince *= prince* |  |  |  |  | now *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **search** |  |  | the apples |  |  |  |  | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 10 | **protect** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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