--- title: When he advanced nearer the tents, they all knew that he was the you… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he advanced nearer the tents, they all knew that he was the young Prince that had passed by that way many times before; and when Jubal went to change himself, he called most of them together into one tent, and told them all about him, and to be kind to him. 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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 (gentleman, tents, way, Jubal), 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:pg14241:27:87 # text = When he advanced nearer the tents, they all knew that he was the young Prince that had passed by that way many times before; and when Jubal went to change himself, he called most of them together into one tent, and told them all about him, and to be kind to him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 advanced advance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 25 before before ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 Jubal Jubal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 37 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nmod _ _ 40 together together ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 iobj _ _ 48 all all ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 49 about about ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 55 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **advance** | past | gentleman | the tents | | | | near *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer tent=Patient | | 2 | **know** | past | tents *= tent* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | past | gentleman | the young Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | that way | the young Prince | | | time | before *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory | | 5 | **go** | past | Jubal | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **change** | to-infinitive | Jubal *not said here* | gentleman | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 7 | **call** | past | gentleman | most of tents | | one tent | | together *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent most=Topic into tent=Recipient | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | tents *= tent* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 9 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | gentleman | | | kind *property* | tree rules | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/88/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/27/)