--- title: They called to see each of those three brothers whom the Prince had… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: They called to see each of those three brothers whom the Prince had to stay with when he was on his way to the Castle of Melvales; and I can assure you, when they all got together, they had a very merry time of it. Who acts: presents, Prince, three brothers, I. 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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, Prince, three brothers, I), 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:pg14241:28:21 # text = They called to see each of those three brothers whom the Prince had to stay with when he was on his way to the Castle of Melvales; and I can assure you, when they all got together, they had a very merry time of it. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 with with SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 advcl _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Castle Castle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Melvales Melvales PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 assure assure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 38 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 39 together together ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | presents *= present* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | presents *= present* *not said here* | each | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | | 3 | **have** | past | the Prince | that three brothers | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **stay** | to-infinitive | that three brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | Prince | | | Prince's way | | to the Castle of Melvales | tree rules | | 6 | **assure** | can | I | | you | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 7 | **get together** | past | presents *= present* | | | | | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **have** | past | presents *= present* | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/22/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/28/)