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title: The Princess took Prince Tiresome into the best room, and laid the c… — The Book of Dragons · tree and pragmatics
description: The Princess took Prince Tiresome into the best room, and laid the cloth, and gave him cream and eggs and white grapes and honey and bread, with many other things, yellow and white and good to eat, and she served him just as kindly as she would have done if he had been anyone else instead of the bad
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# The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon\], sentence 148

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The Princess took Prince Tiresome into the best room, and laid the cloth, and gave him cream and eggs and white grapes and honey and bread, with many other things, yellow and white and good to eat, and she served him just as kindly as she would have done if he had been anyone else instead of the bad Prince who had taken away her kingdom and kept it for himself--because she was a true Princess and had a heart of gold.

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**Who acts:** Princess, Prince · **What happens:** take, lay, give, eat, serve, do · **To what, where:** Tiresome, best room, cloth, cream, Prince, anyone

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This is a sentence of «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, The Fiery Dragon\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, Prince), 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:pg23661:13:148
# text = The Princess took Prince Tiresome into the best room, and laid the cloth, and gave him cream and eggs and white grapes and honey and bread, with many other things, yellow and white and good to eat, and she served him just as kindly as she would have done if he had been anyone else instead of the bad Prince who had taken away her kingdom and kept it for himself--because she was a true Princess and had a heart of gold.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	Tiresome	Tiresome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	honey	honey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
32	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	conj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	conj	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	just	just	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
48	as	as	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
49	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
50	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	54	mark	_	_
51	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	nsubj	_	_
52	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	54	aux	_	_
53	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	aux	_	_
54	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	49	advcl	_	_
55	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	59	mark	_	_
56	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	59	nsubj	_	_
57	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	59	cop	_	_
59	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	45	advcl	_	_
60	else	else	ADV	RB	_	59	advmod	_	_
61	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	65	case	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	fixed	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	_
66	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	68	nsubj	_	_
67	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	aux	_	_
68	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	59	acl:relcl	_	_
69	away	away	ADV	RB	_	68	advmod	_	_
70	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	71	nmod:poss	_	_
71	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
73	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	conj	_	_
74	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	73	obj	_	_
75	for	for	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	73	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	83	mark	_	_
79	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	83	nsubj	_	_
80	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	83	cop	_	_
81	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
82	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	83	amod	_	_
83	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
84	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	85	cc	_	_
85	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
86	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	87	det	_	_
87	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	85	obj	_	_
88	of	of	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
89	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	87	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
90	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the Princess | Tiresome  Prince |  | the best room |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tiresome=Theme into room=Destination |
| 2 | **lay** | past | the Princess *not said here* | the cloth |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Result |
| 3 | **give** | past | the Princess *not said here* | cream and eggs and white grapes and honey and bread | Prince |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **serve** | past | Princess | Prince |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute |
| 6 | **do** | would · perfect | Princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Prince | anyone |  |  |  | instead the bad Prince; else *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **take away** | past · perfect |  | Princess's kingdom |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
| 9 | **keep** | past |  | thing |  |  |  | for Prince | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 10 | **is a** | past | Princess | a true Princess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **have** | past | Princess *not said here* | a heart of gold |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |

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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:** «The Book of Dragons» by E. Nesbit, Project Gutenberg book 23661 (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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