--- title: He orders his two brothers to be in confinement for a period of time… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: He orders his two brothers to be in confinement for a period of time; and before the Princess asks him to go with her to her own country, she pays a visit to the bear's camp, and she makes some very handsome presents for their kindness to the young Prince. Who acts: King, Princess. 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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, Princess), 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:pg14241:28:17 # text = He orders his two brothers to be in confinement for a period of time; and before the Princess asks him to go with her to her own country, she pays a visit to the bear's camp, and she makes some very handsome presents for their kindness to the young Prince. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 orders order VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 confinement confinement NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 17 before before SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 pays pay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 44 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 47 det _ _ 45 very very ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** | present | King | | King's two brothers | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | confinement | | for a period of time | tree rules | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | the Princess | | King | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | | | Princess's own country | | with Princess | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **pay** | present | Princess | a visit | | | | to the bear's camp | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Asset | | 6 | **make** | present | Princess | some handsome presents | | | | for presents's kindness to the young Prince | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent present=Product for kindness=Asset | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/18/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)