--- title: Off they go with all their army with them; but while the soldiers we… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Off they go with all their army with them; but while the soldiers were striking their tents, the Prince bethought himself of his Welsh harp, and had it sent for immediately to take with him in a beautiful wooden case. Who acts: presents, soldiers, Prince, harp. 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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 (presents, soldiers, Prince, harp), 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:pg14241:28:20 # text = Off they go with all their army with them; but while the soldiers were striking their tents, the Prince bethought himself of his Welsh harp, and had it sent for immediately to take with him in a beautiful wooden case. 1 Off off ADP IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 12 while while SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 striking strike VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 bethought bethink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 22 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 Welsh welsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 harp harp NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 32 obl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | presents *= present* | | | | | with presents's army with people | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with army=Beneficiary | | 2 | **strike** | past · progressive | the soldiers | presents's tents | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Patient | | 3 | **bethink** | past | the Prince | Prince | | | | of Prince's Welsh harp | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | the Prince *not said here* | harp | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **send** | participle | harp *not said here* | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | to-infinitive | harp *not said here* | | | a beautiful wooden case | | with Prince | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in case=Location | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/21/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)